ID 1380186
Lot 104 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Le faux miroir
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); dated and inscribed '"LE FAUX MIROIR" 1952' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
5 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (14.5 x 19.4 cm.)
Executed in 1952
Provenance
Eric Uytborck, Brussels, by whom acquired directly from the artist, until at least 1973.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels.
Private collection, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in March 1986; sale, Christie’s, London, 2 February 2010, lot 104.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Le monde des grands musées, Paris, 1970, no. 24 (illustrated on the cover).
D. Sylvester, S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, eds., René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1321, p. 137 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Magritte, October - November 1960, no. 16 (dated '1934' and with inverted dimensions).
Coimbra, In association with the Belgian Ministry of Culture, Dessins et aquarelles belges, 1963.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Magritte, October - November 1973, no. 25, p. 39 (illustrated p. 76 and dated '1934').
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Magritte, Metamorfosis, November 1998 - February 1999, no. 40, pp. 119 & 178 (illustrated p. 119 and dated '1935').
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Magritte, December 1999 - March 2000 (illustrated).
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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