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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2022 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | 408 | $****** - ****** | Galatée |
paintings
50.5 x 70 cm (19.88 x 27.56 in)
oil on canvas
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte , titled and dated 1952 on the reverse
Margaret Krebs, Brussels (acquired from the artist)
Mme Leo Klees, Brussels (acquired by 1967)
Pierre Klees, Brussels (by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Zauber des Lichts , 1967
Letter from Magritte to Bosmans, 28th May 1964
Letter from Magritte to Bosmans, 1st June 1964
Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte , Brussels, 1965, illustrated p. 44 (as dating from 1952)
David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield, & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné. Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes , 1946-1967, London, 1993, vol. III, no. 990, illustrated p. 395
The Sky's The Limit: Property from an Important Belgian Collection
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Galatée
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte , titled and dated 1952 on the reverse
oil on canvas
50.5 by 70cm., 19⅞ by 27½in.
Framed: 72.5 by 93cm., 28½ by 36⅝in.
Painted in 1964.
