Matta, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia et al., 1999, Near Fine Catalogue

Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Fundacio Caixa de Catalunya, et al. Matta (Barcelona; Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Fundacio Caixa de Catalunya, 1999).

Spanish, Near Fine, SC, 4to, 10 3/4" x 12," 172 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 8489860084

Text in Spanish. Green paper wrappers with full-page multicolored (mostly blue) illustration on front cover. Spine has faded to a turquoise color. Green lettering on front. Black-and-white lettering on spine. Covers have light rubbing, slightly bumped tips, fading along spine, and some offsetting and fading on back, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with color illustrations. Monograph and catalogue featuring the works of Roberto Matta (1911-2002), also known simply as "Matta", a Chilean artist. Matta was associated with the Surrealist and Abstract Expressionist art movements and is perhaps best-known for his paintings of biomorphic figures. Included are various essays by different authors and illustrations of Matta's work.