ID 1399779
Lot 7 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
HKD 15 000 000 – 25 000 000
La clairvoyance
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper
36 x 26.8 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Executed circa 1962
Provenance
Margaret Krebs, Brussels.
Brigitte Friedlender-Salik and Veronique Dwek-Salik, Brussels, acquired from the above circa 1965; sale, Christie's London, 4 February 2015, lot 121.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1504, p. 241 (illustrated).
R. Hughes, ed., Magritte en poche, Antwerp, 2009, no. 371, p. 424 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, René Magritte, November 1987 - February 1988, no. 100, p. 279 (illustrated).
Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, René Magritte, April - May 1988, no. 127, pp. 152 & 198 (illustrated p. 152); this exhibition later travelled to Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, May - July 1988.
Oostende, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, René Magritte, June - August 1990, no. 63, pp. 206 & 280-281 (illustrated p. 207).
Knokke, Casino communal, Magritte, June - September 2001, no. 49., p. 127 (illustrated p. 72).
Brussels, Musée Magritte, on long term loan from 2009 till 2015.
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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