Terre Verte (Green Earth)
Matta, Chilean, 1911 - 2002
1952
Oil on canvas
Overall: 24 1/8 × 29 1/8 in. (61.2 × 74 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Daisy V. Shapiro in memory of her son, Richard David Shapiro, Class of 1943
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
P.960.57.2
Geography
Place Made: Chile, South America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label, on reverse: 1952
Course History
SART 31, Painting II, Tom Ferrara, Summer 2012
Exhibition History
Honoring Reunion Classes, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-19, 1977.
The Richard David Shapiro 1943 Memorial Collection, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1968, no. 4.
Provenance
The artist; sold to Ruth Moskin Gallery, 15 East 91st Street, New York, New York, date unknown; sold to Daisy Viertel Shapiro (1890-1984), New York, date unknown; given to present collection, 1960.
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