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Dawndew

Dawndew

Roberto Matta

Artist/Maker
Roberto Matta
(Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title
Dawndew
Date
1952
Material & Process
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 1/2 x 37 5/8 in. Overall
Credit
Bequest of Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender
Inventory No.
1992.308
Classification
Paintings
Location
Italy

Related

February 1958, sold by Galleria Schneider (Rome, Italy) to Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender (Oak Ridge, TN); 1987, deposited on long-term loan to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1992, bequeathed to Elvehjem Museum of Art [ now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Century Art from Collections of Alumni & Friends." Madison, WI: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1970. p. 81, no. 90

  • Recollection: Exhibiting the Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 8/31/2026–12/23/2026
  • Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Cen. Art from Collection of Alumni & Friends: Elvehjem Art Center, 9/11/1970–11/8/1970

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