RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Lot 659
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ID 751472
Lot 659 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)Le modèle rougesigned 'Magritte' (upper left); signed again, dated and titled 'Magritte 1948 "Le modèle rouge"' (on the reverse)pencil on paper12 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄4 in. (32.4 x 23.7 cm.)Drawn in 1948 Provenance Bodley Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist).Acquired from the above by the late owners, April 1958. Literature H. Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, p. 80, no. 110 (illustrated; dated circa 1935). Exhibited New York, Bodley Gallery, René Magritte: Contemporary Belgian Surrealist, April 1958.New York, Paul Bianchini, 100 Years of Fantastic Drawings, March-April 1967.Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000, no. 12 (illustrated).New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, The Long Arm of Coincidence: Selections from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, April-May 2009, p. 5 (illustrated in color and again on the cover; dated circa 1935). Post Lot Text The Comité Magritte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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