ID 1574319
Lot 103 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
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).
Further details
The Comité Magritte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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