ID 839029
Lot 115 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Stimulation objective
signed ‘Magritte’ (upper right)
gouache on paper
18 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (46.3 x 36.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1938-1939
Provenance
Private collection, Brussels (by 1968).
Waddington Custot Galleries, London.
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Private collection, United States (acquired from the above, 2000); sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 34C.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
P. Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, p. 254 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolors and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 40, no. 1154 (illustrated) and vol. II, p. 73.
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des beaux-arts, René Magritte, May 1939, no. 11.
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| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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