ID 842736
Lot 33 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 7 000 000 – 10 000 000
Le monde visible
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); titled and inscribed '"LE MONDE VISIBLE" 1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 31 7/8 in. (100.2 x 81.1 cm.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
Renée Lachowsky and Lou Cosyn, Brussels (probably acquired from the artist).
L. Lachowsky, Antwerp (by 1971).
Harry Forster, Antwerp; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 1984, lot 75a.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 8 February 2005, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
A. Robbe-Grillet and R. Magritte, La Belle captive, Brussels, 1975, pp. 40 and 154 (illustrated in color, p. 39; dated 1947).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, 1993, vol. III, p. 369, no. 956 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, Rétrospective René Magritte, May 1971-September 1971, no. 32 (illustrated; dated 1947).
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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