ID 1163991
Lot 109 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898 – 1967)
Estimate value
£ 2 400 000 – 3 000 000
Le paysage de Baucis
signed ‘Magritte’ (upper right); signed, dated and titled '”LE PAYSAGE DE BAUCIS” Magritte 1966' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
10 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. (27.2 x 21.1 cm)
Executed in 1966
Provenance
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, a gift from the artist; their sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1966, lot 38.
Barry Miller, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galleria Galatea, Turin, by whom acquired from the above.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired from the above by 1978, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 21 June 2011, lot 46.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte: Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1590, p. 288 (illustrated).
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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