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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

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ID 1164000
Lot 121 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

La race blanche

signed and numbered 'Magritte 1⁄5' (underneath the lips)

bronze with golden brown patina

21 x 13 5⁄8 x 7 1⁄8 in. (53.3 x 34.5 x 18 cm.)

Conceived and cast in 1967 in an edition of five plus one artist's proof





Provenance

Jackson-Iolas Gallery, New York

William N. Copley, New York, by whom acquired from the above, before 1979, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 February 2002, lot 39.

Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 February 2019, lot 35.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

P. Rouve, ‘Space conquered’, in Art and Artists, London, August 1968, pp. 24-27.

Exh. cat., Magritte, The 8 Sculptures, Paris, 1969 (illustrated).

S. Gablik, Magritte, London, 1970, no. 167 (another cast illustrated p. 178).

A. M. Hammacher, René Magritte, London, 1974, no. 59, p. 54 (another cast illustrated).

J. Meuris, René Magritte, Cologne, 1990, p. 211 (another cast illustrated).

S. Gablik, Magritte, London, 1991, no. 214, p. 180 (another cast illustrated).

D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949 - 1967, London, 1993, no. 1093, p. 465 (illustrated).

Exh. cat., Magritte, Montreal, 1996, no. 19, p. 108 (another cast illustrated).

Exh. cat., Magritte, son œuvre, son musée, Brussels, 2009, p. 245 (another cast illustrated).



Exhibited

Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Secret Affinities: Words and Images by René Magritte, October 1976 - January 1977.



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Please note the correct dimensions for this work are: 21 x 13 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (53.3 x 34.5 x 18 cm.) and not as stated in the printed catalogue.
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