RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Lot 103
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ID 1574319
Lot 103 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
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$ 300 000 – 500 000
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le mois des vendanges
signed 'Magritte' (upper left)
pen and India ink and brush and grey wash on paper
7 x 10 ½ in. (17.8 x 26.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1959




Provenance

Harry Torczyner, New York (acquired from the artist); sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 301.
Landau Fine Art, Montreal (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, May 2000.



Literature

"The Vision of René Magritte" in Arts Magazine, September 1962, p. 14 (illustrated; dated 1962).
H. Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, pp. 239 and 270, no. 498 (illustrated, p. 239).
P. Ffrench-Hodges, "Tracking Faces" in The Christian Science Monitor, March 1983, p. 20 (illustrated).
J.L. Adams, Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas, Reading, 1986, p. 130 (detail illustrated).
H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte: Correspondance et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, p. 91 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Albert Landry Galleries, René Magritte in New York Private Collections, October-November 1961, no. 45.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Vision of René Magritte, September-October 1962, no. 65 (illustrated on the cover).



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