L'oeil etra

© Estate of Roberto Matta / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), London

L'oeil etra

Currently not on view

L'oeil etra,

1970–73

Roberto Matta, Chilean, active United States and France, 1911–2002
1995-70

Information

Title
L'oeil etra
Dates

1970–73

Maker
Roberto Matta
Medium
Color etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 49.3 x 37.5 cm (19 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 67 x 51 cm (26 3/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
1995-70
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: Matta [stylized]
Inscription
in graphite, lower left: 66/100
Culture
Chilean, European
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
nacre
Techniques
etching (printing process), aquatint
Subject
soldiers, spears (weapons), swords

David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL, by 1995; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1995.

L'oeil etra: plate 6 from the series Hom'mere I: Chaosmos

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