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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2023 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale | 119 | $****** - ****** | Le masque de la foudre | |||
Feb 6, 2001 | Christie's | London | The Art of Surreal | 80 | $****** - ****** | Le masque de la foudre |
paintings
80.2 x 65.1 cm (31.57 x 25.63 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
Private collection, Brussels, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1966.
Private collection, Brussels, by descent from the above; sale, Christie's, London, The Art of the Surreal, 6 February 2001, lot 80.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale and thence by descent.
R. Passeron, Ren é Magritte, Paris, 1970, p. 47 (illustrated; dated '1967').
E. Calas, 'Magritte's inaccessible woman', in Colóquio: artes, no. 30, Lisbon, December 1976, p. 29 (dated '1961').
G. Mazzotta, ed., Da Magritte a Magritte , exh. cat., Palazzo Forti, Verona, 1991, p. 258 (illustrated; dated '1967').
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné , vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, no. 1031, p. 423 (illustrated).
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le masque de la foudre
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 25 5/8 (80.2 x 65.1 cm.)
Painted in 1965 or 1966
