RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Lot 29
09.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1306095
Lot 29 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le grand style
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and inscribed '"Le Grand Style" René Magritte (1952)' (on the reverse)
gouache on card
6 ¾ x 5 7/8 in. (17.3 x 14.8 cm.)
Executed in 1952




Provenance

Donated on 31 October 1954 by the artist to a charity sale organised by the newspaper De Tijd, Amsterdam.
Private collection, The Netherlands, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 December 1993, lot 257.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale and until at least 1994.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 2 July 1998, lot 275.
Waddington Galleries, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, United Kingdom, by whom acquired from the above.



Literature

Letter from Magritte to De Tijd, 31 October 1954.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papier Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1350a, p. 153 (illustrated).
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