Size US: 58 x 61 in

Size Europe: 147 x 155 cm

Roberto Matta, in full Roberto Antonio Sebastian Matta Echaurren, (born November 11, 1911, Santiago, Chile—died November 23, 2002, Civitavecchia, Italy), Chilean-born painter of mysterious fantastic environments who lived his adult life outside his homeland and became identified with the international Surrealist movement.

Matta completed an architecture degree at the Catholic University in Santiago (1931) and moved

to Paris in 1933 to work for the influential architect and city planner Le Corbusier. While working in the architect’s studio, Matta became increasingly interested in painting. Further, his friendships with the avant-garde in various centres of Europe—Gertrude Stein, Marcel Duchamp, Walter

Gropius, Salvador Dalí, Federico Garcia Lorca, André Breton, and others—stimulated his interest in the Surrealist movement, and by 1936 he had abandoned architecture as a career.

Bronze
27″h.
Base is black marble, 6.5″d x 2″h

This is the original Summertime which inspired larger versions of this undulating form. A Hostetler hallmark sculpture. She is Davids most complicated sculpture. She reminds me of the clay sculptures and scroll paintings of the Song dynasty in China. See Mid-Size and Large categories for other versions.

Bronze, patinaed
68″h x 12″w x 11″d on bronze base

An elegant sculpture for a garden, office or home. She is part of the dream inspired sculptures in which the aspects of femininity are pared down to the essentials of clean and pure curves. The center wrapped form was conceived as a source of communication, a more formal shape, a feeling of embracing – almost swaddling. She feels very strong and powerful with a strong frontal gaze.

Can be based on a carved wood base instead of wood for an interior location.

62.5″h x 10″w x 10″d on aluminum base 18.5diameter
Lacewood, ebonized
2004

Elegant Woman is just that. Her long, slender physique and her delicate side glance typify classical femininity. She now is available as a bronze casting. We can do it with a black patina or other surface colors.

216wc
8’h x 25″w x 20″d
Footprint of base  is 15″w x 15″d
Cottonwood on base of antique hewn beam.
1997

Carved cottonwood log from Taos, New Mexico and rests atop antique beams of poplar and pine. She is the culmination of the Cycladic series both in scale and materials. Her head form is pure with a soften rounded but defined front and back. Her torso meets the head with an elongated neck, and the breasts define the feminine. Surface is a fine web of carving marks. Her appearance on the antique pedestal further enhances her goddess stature.