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Matta (Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren)
Theory of Nature's Strategy (Polypsychology)1939

Not on view
Large-scale drawing in pencil, ink, and crayon on off-white paper, with scattered abstract biomorphic forms, splashes of canary yellow and black, and small multicolored accents
Artist or Maker
Matta (Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren)
Chile, active France, Italy, Mexico, and the United States, 1911-2002
Title
Theory of Nature's Strategy (Polypsychology)
Place Made
United States and Italy
Date Made
1939
Medium
Crayon on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 25 in. (48.9 × 63.5 cm) Frame: 28 1/4 × 34 × 1 1/2 in. (71.76 × 86.36 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara Poe Levee
Accession Number
M.86.111
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Jones, Leslie. Drawing Surrealism. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Drawing Surrealism. October 21, 2012 - January 6, 2013
  • Drawing Surrealism. October 21, 2012 - January 6, 2013
  • Drawing Surrealism. January 25, 2013 - April 21, 2013
  • Drawing Surrealism. January 25, 2013 - April 21, 2013