ID 1209491
Lot 36 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
Magritte, R.
Les grâces naturelles
signed, dated, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Magritte 1967 5/5 Gi-Bi-Esse FONDERIA ARTISTICA VERONA-ITALY' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Length: 37 1/8 in. (94 cm.)
Width: 17 ¼ (43.6 cm.)
Height: 40 ¼ in. (102.3 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1967
Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, December 1969.
Literature
P. Rouve, "Space conquered" in Art and Artists, London, August 1968, pp. 24-27 (another cast illustrated).
R. Melville, "Changing the world" in The Architectural Review, London, September 1968, pp. 209-210, no. 12 (another cast illustrated, p. 210).
S. Gablik, Magritte, Greenwich, 1970, pp. 179 and 181, no. 164 (another cast illustrated, p. 179).
J. Meurius, Magritte, Paris, 1988, pp. 199 and 202, no. 312 (another cast illustrated, p. 202).
D. Sylvester and S. Whitfield, René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, vol. III, p. 464, no. 1092 (another cast illustrated); vol. V, p. 58, no. 1092.
Exhibited
Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Secret Affinities: Words and Images by René Magritte, October 1976-January 1977, p. 28.
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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