Argumouth
1945
Matta's 'Argumouth' from 1945 is an oil on canvas exploring surrealist abstraction and biomorphic forms. The work exemplifies the artist's interest in automatism and psychological imagery.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Evening Auction
May 17, 2022
Estimate: $800,000 to $1,200,000
Lot 58
Spotted works by Matta
Artists in conversation
Yves Tanguy
French · b. 1900
Tanguy shared Matta's commitment to surrealist automatism and painted dreamlike biomorphic forms floating in ambiguous psychological spaces, producing oil on canvas works with a similarly otherworldly and abstract figurative quality.
Roberto Echaurren
Chilean · b. 1955
As a fellow Chilean surrealist working in a lineage directly connected to Matta, Echaurren creates bold whimsical compositions featuring biomorphic and abstract figurative imagery rooted in surrealist tradition and psychological exploration.
Arshile Gorky
American · b. 1904
Gorky developed a closely related visual language to Matta, blending surrealist automatism with biomorphic abstraction in oil on canvas works that share the same dreamlike psychological intensity and fluid organic forms seen in Argumouth.
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