Untitled
Roberto Matta

Untitled by Roberto Matta is an oil on canvas from 1960.

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Matta Archives.

Exhibited and featured in the catalogue of the show dedicated to Matta at Galerie Mitterrand in Paris in 2024.

For Roberto Matta, architecture, physics, and science fiction were essential elements. In some of his paintings, satellite-like mechanical elements float among shades of color, evoking extraterrestrial travel and futuristic scenarios. The intersection of complex forms and the surreal, space-age atmospheres that characterize some of Matta’s works anticipate the spatial visions that would later influence science fiction cinema. George Lucas himself wrote a letter to the artist in 1977, declaring that his paintings had inspired the visual imagery of Star Wars.