32. 32AR ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002) Untitled signed, inscribed and dated 'oct Paris 39 Matta' (lower right) coloured pencil and graphite on paper mounted on panel Executed in October 1939 signed, inscribed and dated 'oct Paris 39 Matta'(lower right) coloured pencils and graphite on paper mounted on panel Executed in October 1939 23.7 x 31.4 cm. 9 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Matta Archives. Provenance Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Private collection. Sale, Briest, Paris, 22 June 2001, lot 51. Galerie Interart, Stuttgart. Private collection. Exhibitions Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, La Révolution Surréaliste, 6 March - 24 June 2002, illustrated pp. 306-439. Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung, Surrealismus 1919-1944, 20 July - 24 November 2002, illustrated pp. 318-460. Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Matta: 1936-1944: Début d'un Nouveau Monde, 19 May - 16 July 2004, illustrated pp. 98-99. Stuttgart, Galerie Interart, Surrealist Overview, 8 May - 1 June 2007. Stuttgart, Galerie Interart, Matta: the beginnings - works on paper, 9 November 2012 - 25 January 2013. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum, Roberto Matta and the Fourth Dimension, 2 April - 30 June 2019, no. 7, illustrated p. 67. Bibliography Cat. exp. Exodo hacia el sur : Oscar Dominguez y el automatismo absoluto 1938-1942, La Laguna, 2006, illustrated p. 97.