ID 949310
Lot 36 | RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
La femme au miroir
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); titled '"LA FEMME AU MIROIR"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 x 21 5/8 in. (73.6 x 54.8 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Provenance
M. Spiegel, Antwerp (by 1964).
Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris and Brussels (acquired from the above, 1984).
Diego Cortez Arte, Ltd., New York (acquired from the above, March 1986).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 26 March 1986.
Literature
J. Van Melkebeke, "A propos d'une exposition: René Magritte" in Le Nouveau journal, 12 January 1944, p. 2.
R. Magritte, Dix tableaux de Magritte précédés de descriptions, Brussels, 1946.
R. Magritte, La destination: Lettres à Marcel Mariën, 1937-1962, Brussels, 1977, pp. 197-198.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, London, 1993, vol. II, p. 328, no. 548 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, René Magritte, January 1944.
| Artist: | René Magritte (1898 - 1967) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| 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: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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