RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Lot 25
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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$ 6 000 000
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ID 1336247
Lot 25 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 000 – 8 000 000
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'empire des lumières
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on paper
14 3/8 x 18 ½ in. (36.3 x 46.8 cm.)
Painted in 1956




Provenance

Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist, 1956).
Valerie and Alexander L. Berliner, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1959, until at least 1976).
Elaine Ganz, New York.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1 December 1981.



Literature

Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 24 December 1956.
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 29 January 1957.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. III, pp. 73-74; vol. IV, p. 189, no. 1413 (illustrated).



Exhibited

(probably) Antwerp, Kunst van Heden, Stedelijke Feestzaal, Salon 1956, October 1956, p. 12, no. 117.
New York, Albert Landry Galleries, René Magritte in New York Private Collections, October-November 1961, no. 26.
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