Extremely prolific and creative during the postwar period, Matta often painted alien beings involved in various unexplainable activities.
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"Le poète (Un poète de notre connaissance)" 1945 (45/1) 94 x 76.5 cm. private collection |
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"La femme affamée" 1945 (45/2) 91.4 x 76.2 cm. private collection, La Jolla, Calif. |
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"Être avec" 1945 (45/11) 220 x 457.5 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Click for a closeup of this work |
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"X-Space and the Ego" 1945 202.2 x 457.2 cm. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Click for a closeup of this work |
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"X-Space and the Ego" with a fan photo taken July 2004 by Phil Baledent |
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"The Heart Players" (b&w photo) 1945 195.6 x 251.5 cm. private collection, Santa Barbara, Calif. |
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"Rêve ou Morte" (b&w photo) 1945 60 x 130 cm. private collection |
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"L'octrui en famille" ca. 1945 color pencil and graphite on paper 29.4 x 36.7 cm. | ||
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Untitled 1945 colored pastels on black paper 24.4 x 30.2 cm. private collection, La Jolla Click for a closeup detail of this work. | ||
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Untitled 1945 colored pastels on black paper 24.4 x 30.2 cm. private collection, La Jolla ![]() "Lettre sur la bombe atomique" | 1945 colored pastels on black paper 36 x 48.2 cm. was used as a maquette for the cover of a 1945 book by Denis de Rougemont |
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