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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 20, 2012 | Christie's | London | Impressionist/ Modern Art Evening Sale | 69 | $****** - ****** | L'explication |
Works on Paper
34.5 x 26 cm (13.58 x 10.24 in)
gouache on paper
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, by whom acquired in 1961.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1963. Anonymous sale, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 24 June 1982, lot 46. Lafayette Parke, San Francisco, by December 1983.
Private collection, San Diego.
Paris, Galerie Rive Droite, René Magritte, February - March 1960, no. 19.
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 28 December 1959. D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers collés 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1473, p. 223 (illustrated).
