ID 1306098 
Lot 3  | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000 
L’invitée
signed ‘Magritte’ (lower left); signed again, inscribed and dated '"L’Invitée" Magritte 1956’ (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (22.5 x 29.4 cm.)
Executed in 1956
Provenance
Raoul Ubac, Paris, a gift from the artist circa 1957.
Agui Ubac, by descent from the above, until at least 1991.
Menil family collection, Houston.
Private collection, Europe, a gift from the above by 1994.
Acquired from the above 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, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1420, p. 193 (illustrated).
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) | 
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| Applied technique: | Gouache | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic | 
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism | 
| Genre: | Cityscape | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) | 
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| Applied technique: | Gouache | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic | 
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism | 
| Genre: | Cityscape | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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