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Roberto Sebastian Matta: career timeline

Chilean · 1911–2002 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 108 of 158 lots (67% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Roberto Sebastian Matta: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s11$882Sign upEtching
1950s86$3.7kSign upDrawing
1960s136$3.7kSign upOil
1970s4328$756Sign upEtching
1980s144$1.7kSign upOther
1990s2111$4.4kSign upEtching

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1940s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$882Sign up
Average
$882Sign up
Typical size
4.5 × 3 in (11 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Etching (1)
Subjects
—

1950s 8 works

Sold
6 of 8
Median
$3.7kSign up
Average
$6.3kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 19.5 in (50 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Lithograph (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

1960s 13 works

Sold
6 of 13
Median
$3.7kSign up
Average
$4.7kSign up
Typical size
24 × 25.5 in (61 × 65 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6), Drawing (2), Etching (2)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (1960s)

1970s 43 works

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28 of 43
Median
$756Sign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 25 in (50 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Etching (14), Oil (7), Lithograph (7)
Subjects
Abstract (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 14 works

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4 of 14
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
17 × 23 in (43 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Other (9), Etching (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects
—
Show 2 more (1980s)

1990s 21 works

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11 of 21
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$4.5kSign up
Typical size
43 × 36 in (109 × 92 cm)
Mediums
Etching (10), Sculpture (6), Other (2)
Subjects
—
Show 9 more (1990s)

Creation date not recorded

50 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 21 works

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2 of 21
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 21.5 in (48 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Etching (8), Sculpture (5), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 29 works

Sold
9 of 29
Median
$445Sign up
Average
$3.8kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 17 in (42 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Other (12), Lithograph (6), Etching (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Roberto Sebastian Matta auction results →