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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Lot 102
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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ID 908088
Lot 102 | RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Souvenir de voyage

signed 'Magritte' (lower left)

oil on canvas

15 7/8 x 12 in. (40.1 x 30.2 cm.)

Painted in August 1958





Provenance

Harry Torczyner, New York, by whom commissioned from the artist.

Bodley Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above by 1962.

Private collection, United States, by whom acquired from the above in 1964; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2000, lot 3.

Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 February 2009, lot 25.

Guggenheim, Asher, Associates, United States.

Private collection, United States.

Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2020.



Literature

Letter from Magritte to Harry Torczyner, 8 October 1958, in H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte. Correspondence et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, p. 86.

Letter from Magritte to Harry Torczyner, 20 October 1958, in H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte. Correspondence et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, p. 87.

H. Torczyner, Magritte, Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 85, p. 61 (illustrated; titled 'La Nuit de Pise').

D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, no. 881, pp. 294-295 (illustrated p. 294).



Exhibited

New York, Bodley Gallery, Magritte: Paintings, Gouaches, Collages, Drawings, October 1962, no. 9 (illustrated; dated '1952' and titled 'la tour de pise').

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, on loan, 1970.

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Magritte, December 1977, no. 17 (titled 'La nuit de Pise').



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Artist:René Magritte (1898 - 1967)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Cityscape
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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