RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

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Lot 7 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Les belles réalités

signed 'Magritte' (lower left); titled '"Les belles Réalités"' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (50 x 40 cm.)

Painted in 1962





Provenance

(probably) René Gérain, Brussels.

Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (probably acquired from the above, 1968).

Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above, 1980).

Di Donna Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 2019).

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2019.



Literature

Letter from R. Magritte to A. Bosmans, 28 March 1962.

Letter from R. Magritte to H. Torczyner, 3 October 1963.

H. Michaux, "En rêvant à partir de peintures énigmatiques" in Mercure de France, Paris, December 1964, p. 597.

H. Torczyner, Magritte, Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, pp. 120 and 268, no. 209 (illustrated in color, p. 120).

H. Torczyner, L'ami Magritte: Correspondance et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, no. 301.

D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, New York, 1993, vol. III, p. 360, no. 945 (illustrated).

D. Ottinger, ed., Magritte, Montreal, 1996, p. 32 (illustrated).

J. Meuris, René Magritte, Cologne, 2004, pp. 96-97 (illustrated in color, p. 97; dated 1964).



Exhibited

Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Dix maîtres contemporains, June-August 1968, no. 45 (illustrated).

Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft and Kunsthaus Zürich, René Magritte, May-July 1969, no. 72.

Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, L'éternel surréalisme (hommage discret à E.L.T. Mesens), October-December 1970, no. 41.

Knokke, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte, March-April 1971, no. 8.

Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Delvaux, Gnoli, Magritte, November-December 1974, no. 47.

Paris and Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte, January-May 1979, no. 29.

Milan, Galleria del Milione, René Magritte: Il buon senso e il senso delle cose, May 1984, no. 18 (illustrated in color; dated 1964).
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