RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Los 121
05.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
VeranstaltungsortVereinigtes Königreich, London
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ID 1380190
Los 121 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Schätzwert
£ 500 000 – 800 000
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'école buissonnière
signed ‘Magritte’ (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed ''L'Ecole buissonière' Magritte 1946' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
15 7/8 x 23 ¼ in. (40.3 x 59.1 cm.)
Executed in 1946

This lot is sold together with a letter from René Magritte to Rose Bauwens, dated 18 December 1961.




Provenance

Rose Bauwens & Joseph Capel, Argentina, a gift from the artist in 1960, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 February 2018, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

R. Magritte, Titres, Brussels, 1946.
Letter from Magritte to Mariën, 17 August 1946 (a sketch of the present work illustrated).
Letter from Magritte to Salkin, 2 January 1947.
Letter from Magritte to Andrieu, 20 December 1947 (a sketch of the present work illustrated).
'Le fait accompli' in Les lèvres nues, Brussels, April 1970, nos. 34-35 (illustrated in situ in Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, 1946).
R. Magritte, Destination: Lettres a Marcel Mariën 1937-1962, Brussels, 1977, no. 187.
D. Sylvester, S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, eds., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. app. 140, p. 325 (illustrated in situ).



Exhibited

(possibly) Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, Magritte, November - December 1946, no. 3.
Skärhamn, The Nordic Watercolour Museum, René Magritte: A Laboratory of Ideas, Works on Paper, May - September 2022, no. 100, p. 74 (illustrated).



Further Details

The Comité Magritte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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