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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 19, 2012 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 28 | $****** - ****** | La Promesse |
Works on Paper
36.3 x 45 cm (14.29 x 17.72 in)
gouache and pencil on paper
signed Magritte (lower left); signed René Magritte, titled and dated 1950 on the reverse
Private Collection, The Netherlands (acquired from the artist in 1950. Sold: Christie's, Amsterdam, 19th May 1992, lot 191)
Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp (purchased at the above sale)
Doctor Desutter, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1990s
Elle, Brussels, 10th June 1954, illustrated p. 9 (titled L'Espoir); David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte. Catalogue Raisonné. Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, no. 1317, illustrated p. 135
