RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
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ID 1336215
Lot 9 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
9000000USD $ 9 000 000 – 12 000 000
La cour d'amour
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); dated and titled '"LA COUR D'AMOUR" 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 ½ x 39 3/8 in. (79.9 x 100 cm.)
Painted in 1960
Provenance
Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist, January 1961).
Daniel Filipacchi, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 1964-1965).
Byron Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, circa 1968.
Literature
P. Devlin, "Space Venture: The Ahmet Ertegun Town House in New York, 'Why Imitate When Now is New'?" in Vogue, 15 August 1969, p. 131 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
H. Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, p. 116, no. 192 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, vol. III, p. 334, no. 920 (illustrated).
R.-M. Jongen, René Magritte ou la pensée imagée de l'invisible: Réflexions et recherches, Brussels, 1994, pp. 254 and 271, no. 79 (illustrated).
S. Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, Paris, 2009, p. 308, no. 421 (illustrated in color).
E. Taylor, “'I Hate Clutter”: The Chic, Cultivated Interiors of Mica Ertegun, As Seen in Vogue" in Vogue, www.vogue.com, 6 December 2023 (accessed 9 October 2024; illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence, pl. 14).
Exhibited
New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, René Magritte: Paintings, Gouaches, Collages, 1960-1961-1962, April-May 1962, no. 5.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Vision of René Magritte, September-October 1962, no. 69.
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, May-June 1964.
New York, Byron Gallery, René Magritte, November-December 1968, p. 58, no. 25 (illustrated, p. 59).
M.G. Mirabella, ed., "A World of Style" in Vogue, November 1979, p. 367 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Surrealism, February-March 1983, no. 55 (illustrated in color).
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, René Magritte, June-October 1987, pp. 146 and 203, no. 101 (illustrated in color, p. 146; illustrated again, p. 203).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, René Magritte, November 1987-February 1988, no. 113 (illustrated in color).
Vienna, BA-CA Kunstforum and Basel, Fondation Beyeler, René Magritte: Der Schlüssel der Träume, August-November 2005, pp. 162 and 201, no. 85 (illustrated in color, p. 162).
Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art, Surrealism |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
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