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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 11, 2015 | Christie's | New York | Looking Forward to the Past | 34 | $****** - ****** | Le miroir invisible |
Works on Paper
34.5 x 52.7 cm (13.58 x 20.75 in)
gouache on paper
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
Galerie Lou Cosyn, Brussels. Mme Verhas Hostelet, Brussels (acquired from the above, 1945 and until at least 1978)
possibly) Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Magritte , October-November 1960, p. 12, no. 37 (dated 1945; with incorrect dimensions). Brussels, Museés Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, René Magritte , March-June 1998, p. 243, no. 274 (illustrated in color)
possibly) Letter from R. Magritte to A. Bosmans, 2 September 1960, in Lettres à André Bosmans, 1958-1967 , Paris, 1990, p. 128. D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967 , London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 323, app. 136 (titled Le monde invisible )
