ID 842753
Lot 2 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
L'autre son de cloche
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on card
5 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.5 x 19.4 cm.)
Painted in fall 1952
Provenance
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome (acquired from the artist, December 1952).
Obelisk Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Paul and Rachel Mellon, New York (acquired from the above, 1954); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 2014, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Letter from R. Magritte to G. del Corso, 6 November 1952.
Letter from R. Magritte to G. del Corso, 11 December 1952.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 149, no. 1344 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Magritte, January 1953, no. 18.
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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