Pencil and crayon on paper, circa late 1950s.
Signed and in pencil at lower right.

Provenance: formerly in the the collection of American abstract sculptor Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006), who was friends with the artist; thence by descent.

This drawing relates to a sculpture made by Roberto Matta in collaboration with the sculptor Dimitri Hadzi (1921 – 2006) in the late 1950s. Together they assembled a sculpture from found objects – such as twigs – in Hadzi’s Rome studio. It was later cast into bronze (pictured below).

Pencil and crayon on paper, circa late 1950s.
Signed in pencil at lower right.
Inscribed ‘Que principio a abrir los ojos‘ (‘Where to start when you open your eyes’) in pencil at lower centre.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of American abstract sculptor Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006), who was friends with the artist; thence by descent.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1967.
Plate 4 from Judgements.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Blue Moon Gallery, New York.
(Sabatier 177)
Plate: 41.6 x 55 cm.
Sheet: 50 x 66.2 cm

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1967.
Plate 3 from Judgements.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Blue Moon Gallery, New York.
(Sabatier 176)
Plate: 41.6 x 55 cm.
Sheet: 50 x 62 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1968.
Signed in pencil, an artist’s proof aside from the numbered edition of 95.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Editions L’Oeuvre Gravée, Bern.
(Sabatier 199).
Plate: 54.7 x 35 cm.
Sheet: 76 x 56.5 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1967.
Plate 5 from Judgements.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Blue Moon Gallery, New York.
(Sabatier 178)
Plate: 42 x 55 cm.
Sheet: 50.2 x 66.2 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1967.
Plate 1 from Judgements.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Blue Moon Gallery, New York.
(Sabatier 174)
Plate: 41.7 x 54.7 cm.
Sheet: 50 x 66 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1968.
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 95.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Editions L’Oeuvre Gravée, Bern.
(Sabatier 200)
Plate: 55 x 41.6 cm.
Sheet: 76.2 x 56.8 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1962.
Plate 1 from Scènes familières.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 50.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Editions Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris.
(Sabatier 86)
Plate: 33.6 x 43.3 cm.
Sheet: 49.9 x 65 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1969.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 99.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Editions L’Oeuvre Gravée, Bern in 1970.
(Sabatier 214)
Plate: 41.1 x 54.6 cm.
Sheet: 56.7 x 76 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1971.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 85.
Printed on Arches wove paper and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
(Sabatier 266)
Plate: 23.8 x 17.7 cm.
Sheet: 38.2 x 28.3 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1971.
From Droites Libérées, a series which illustrated a poem by Henri Michaux.
Signed in pencil, numbered in Roman numerals from XXV.
From the suite on Japon nacré paper (the total edition was 125 copies on Arches and 125 on Japon nacré paper).
Printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
(Sabatier 284)
Plate: 27.8 x 18.8 cm.
Sheet: 44 x 31.5 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1971.
From Droites Libérées, a series which illustrated a poem by Henri Michaux.
Signed in pencil, numbered in Roman numerals from XXV.
From the suite on Japon nacré paper (the total edition was 125 copies on Arches and 125 on Japon nacré paper).
Printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
(Sabatier 279)
Plate: 21.8 x 15.8 cm.
Sheet: 43.5 x 31.5 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1968.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 85.
Printed on Lana wove paper and published by Georges Visat, Paris.  (Sabatier 194)
Plate: 42 x 32.7 cm.
Sheet: 66.8 x 50.9 cm.

Etching with aquatint printed in colours, 1965.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris. Published by Editions L’Oeuvre Gravée, Bern.
(Sabatier 129)
Plate: 23.5 x 31 cm.
Sheet: 65.5 x 50 cm.