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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2018 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper | 144 | $****** - ****** | L'amour de la nature |
Works on Paper
45.1 x 36.2 cm (17.75 x 14.25 in)
gouache, watercolor, sheet music collage, charcoal and pencil on paper
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled 'Magritte 1961 "L'amour de la nature"' (on the reverse)
Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York.
Dominique and John de Menil, Houston (acquired from the above).
Louise Ferrari, Houston (gift from the above, by 1964).
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, February 2000.
New York, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, René Magritte: Paintings, Gouaches and Collages, 1960-1961-1962, April-May 1962, no. 22.
Houston, University of St. Thomas, Fine Arts Gallery and Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Out of this World, March-June 1964, no. 68 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 313, no. 1640 (illustrated).
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled 'Magritte 1961 "L'amour de la nature"' (on the reverse)
gouache, watercolor, sheet music collage, charcoal and pencil on paper
17 ¾ x 14 ¼ in. (43.7 x 36.3 cm.)
Executed in 1961
