ID 1163992
Lot 123 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 900 000
Le duo
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); inscribed "LE DUO" (on the turnover edge)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 21 ¼ in. (73 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1928
Provenance
(Probably) Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels.
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels & London, by whom probably acquired from the above circa 1932-1933 and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1990, lot 341.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1990s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
D. Sylvester, ed., & S. Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, London, 1992, no. 221, p. 274 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Antwerp, Stedelijke Feestzaal-Meir, Kunst van Heden: salon 1956, October 1956, no. 105 or cat. 261.
Knokke, Casino Communal, XVe Festival belge d'été, L'œuvre de René Magritte, July - August 1962, no. 28, p. 44.
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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