ID 1164007
Lot 102 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 700 000
L'évidence éternelle: genoux
oil on canvas
8 x 8 ¼ in. (20.3 x 21 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Suzi Gablik, Virginia, a gift from the artist in 1960; sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 2017, lot 406.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Letter from René Magritte to Alexander Iolas, 13 January 1954.
Letter from Alexander Iolas to René Magritte, 1 May 1954.
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, no. 807 (3), pp. 231 & 232 (illustrated p. 231; with inverted dimensions).
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art, 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, Oil on canvas, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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