The Catalyzer (Le Catalyseur), for 'The Western Extreme (L'Extrême Occidental) / Roberto Sebastián Antonio Echaurren Matta

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Accession Number: 1962/2.35
Title: The Catalyzer (Le Catalyseur), for 'The Western Extreme (L'Extrême Occidental)
Artist: Roberto Sebastián Antonio Echaurren Matta
Artist Nationality: Chilean
Artist Life Dates: 1911 - 2002
Medium and Support: color etching and aquatint with soft-ground etching on paper
Object Creation Date: 1961
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Inscription: Signed in pencil, l.r.: Matta Numbered, l.l. corner: 64/125 Watermark: ...hes (Arches)
Dimensions: 20.8 cm x 16.8 cm (8 3/16 in. x 6 5/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: abstraction; surrealism
Secondary Keywords: genres; modern and contemporary art; movement
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 941 x 1301
File Size: 142 KB
Record: 1962/2.35
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1962-sl-2.35/1962_2.35.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Carroll, w17 - Codeswitch (18); 0 - Latina/o Studies (49); 0 - Serna, W17 - Latin American art (19); All objects from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean (344); IMLS - modern/contemporary (100); Jenckes Span 337 2015 (15); Objects from Latin America (336); The European avant-garde and its material world - a study room selection (17)

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Full citation: "The Catalyzer (Le Catalyseur), for 'The Western Extreme (L'Extrême Occidental); Roberto Sebastián Antonio Echaurren Matta." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1962-sl-2.35/1962_2.35.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.