RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Lot 36
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ID 1336285
Lot 36 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
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$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La recherche de l'absolu
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); titled '"La Recherche de l'Absolu"' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
14 ¼ x 10 ¾ in. (36.3 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1963




Provenance

Renée Lachowsky, Brussels.
Private collection, Belgium (acquired from the above, circa 1965); sale, Christie's, New York, 1 May 1996, lot 372.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.



Literature

D. Sylvester, René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 260, no. 1540 (illustrated).
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