SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Charles Matton (1931–2008) developed a practice spanning painting, sculpture, photography, illustration and cinema. He worked for magazines, including Esquire in New York, before making films such as La Pomme ou l’Histoire d’une histoire in 1966, L’Italien des roses in 1972 and Rembrandt in 1999.
During the 1980s, his “Boîtes” gave a distinctive form to this exchange between media. He constructed miniature interiors, painting walls, sculpting furniture and accessories, and placing photographed landscapes behind the windows. Carefully adjusted lighting turned these meticulously composed spaces into explorations of perception. Robert Delpire presented his work in “Séductions Utopiques” in 1983. His works are held by the Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris and the national museums of modern art in Tokyo and Kyoto.
This profile brings together identity references for Charles Matton and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Piguet · Genève Enchères
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Oil on canvas
Etude de nature morte
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2017-12-14
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Ink on paper
La cantatrice
encre sur papier
Catalogue period : 2017-12-13
Published result : 300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Homme de dos
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-03-14
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Homme de dos
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2017-12-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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