ID 1306111
Lot 1 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
Shéhérazade
signed ‘Magritte’ (lower right)
gouache on paper
5 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (12.8 x 16.7 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Mme Rosseels, Brussels, a gift from the artist in the 1950s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 21 June 2005, lot 158.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
S. Whitfield, ed., Rene Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VI, Newly Discovered Works, Brussels, 2012, no. 18, p. 34 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Lou Cosyn, Magritte, May - June 1947.
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol, Magritte tout en papier, March - June 2006, p. 149 (illustrated).
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| 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: | Gouache |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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