Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.

Constructivo Nueva York, 1960, Oil on board, 41 x 31½ in. 104 x 79,5 cm

White Form, 1970, Oil on wood, 56½ x 37¾ in. 143 x 95 cm.

Matto exhibition at the Blanton Museum; Austin, Texas., 2009

Matto exhibition at the Blanton Museum; Austin, Texas., 2009

Veleta, 1974, Oil on canvas, 57¼ x 44⅝ in. 155 x 136 cm.

Ten forms, 1966, Oil on wood, 28 x 12⅜ in. 71 x 31.5 cm.

Constructivo en blanco y negro, 1994, Oil on board, 31¼ x 39⅛ in. 79,3 x 100 cm.

Dos venus, 1976, Oil on wood, 41¾ x 47⅝ x 9¾ in. 116 x 121 x 25 cm.

Constructivo rosa con caracol, 1967, Oil on board, 33⅛ x 33½ in. 84 x 35,5 cm.

Removedor, 1959, Oil on wood, 15 x 20⅞ in. 38,1 x 53 cm.

Pintura constructiva, 1946, Oil on board, 20½ x 24¼ in. 51,5 x 61 cm.

Constructivo con casa y figura, 1952, Oil on board, 21 x 15⅞ in. 53,3 x 39,3

Matto in his garden, Montevideo, 1963

Born 1911 and died 1995 in Montevideo, Uruguay

Privately tutored and a child painter, Matto at age 21, traveled to Tierra del Fuego and acquired the first Pre-Columbian pieces of what was to become a major collection and an important influence on his art. Matto met Torres-García in 1939, joining his atelier and exhibiting with the artists of the Taller Torres-García until the 1960s. An elegant, aristocratic man, Matto worked with humble materials, preferring cardboard to canvas and found pieces of wood for his sculptures. His work has been exhibited at the Sálon des Surindépendants, Paris; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; in Spain, Italy, Germany, Moscow, Tokyo, New York and throughout Latin America. Matto's monumental concrete sculptures are landmarks in Punta del Este, Uruguay.