Signed and numbered e.a. 5/10 in pencil, lower margin, from the artist's proof edition of only 10. This print is in outstanding condition, never having been framed.
Printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris, in 1972, for the exhibition "L'entrée est à la Sortie."
Catalog raisonee Sabatier 286, 305-306 and 308-314.
Like Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory (1931), Crucifiction (1938) by Chilean painter Roberto Matta is considered a Surrealist masterpiece. Indeed, Matta was heavily influenced by Dalí and Yves Tanguy, and became an important figure in the evolution of Surrealism, painting dreamlike, internal "inscapes" early on and, later, intense compositions reflecting the psychic damage caused by Europe’s ongoing wars. Shifting biomorphic shapes painted or drawn in vivid colors populated Matta’s often-apocalyptic scenes, conveying confusion and angst. Additionally, Matta's style and willing exploration of the Surrealist philosophy of "automatic composition" heavily influenced the development of the Abstract Expressionist school’s exploration of Action painting.
