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Let's Phosphoresce by Intellection II
Let's Phosphoresce by Intellection II

Let's Phosphoresce by Intellection II

Artist Roberto Matta Echaurren, called Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Dateca. 1950
MediumOil and charcoal on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 35 x 46 3/8 inches (88.9 x 117.79 cm)
Framed: 36 1/4 x 47 7/8 inches (92.08 x 121.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art
Object number56-119
SignedNone
On View
On view
Gallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionThinly painted non-objective composition of interpenetrating planes, with touches of brown and green.Gallery Label
Here, Roberto Matta Echaurren constructed a tightly woven realm where three-dimensional forms converge on the painting’s surface. His intent was to disrupt the viewer’s rational expectations and liberate the unconscious mind. Black rectangles seem to pulse on the surface and recede into deep space. Diagonal lines move into and out of the painting’s apparent depth. Luminous white, emerald green, and icy blue hues offset heavy areas. These elements evoke the infinite flux of time and space, dream and reality.
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