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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 12, 2019 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 16A | $****** - ****** | Le seize septembre | |||
May 3, 2005 | Sotheby's | New York | Sotheby's | 34 | $****** - ****** | Le seize septembre |
paintings
161.9 x 130.8 cm (63.75 x 51.5 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed again, dated and titled 'MAGRITTE "LE SEIZE SEPTEMBRE" 1957' (on the reverse)
Alexandre Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist, 1957).
Jean and Dominique de Menil, Houston (acquired from the above, by December 1960).
Private collection, Brussels (acquired from the above, 1978).
Private collection, California.
Private collection, United States (acquired from the above, 1986).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2015.
Paris, Galerie Cahiers d'Art, René Magritte, January-February 1958, no. 2.
New York, Iolas Gallery, René Magritte, 1958.
New York, Iolas Gallery, René Magritte, 1959 (possibly no. 834).
Dallas, Museum of Contemporary Art and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, René Magritte in America, December 1960-February 1961, no. 64.
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, May-June 1964.
The New York Cultural Center and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Painters of the Mind's Eye: Belgian Symbolists and Surrealists, February-May 1974, p. 136, no. 115 (illustrated; dated 1960 and with incorrect dimensions).
Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Secret Affinities: Words and Images by René Magritte, October 1976-January 1977, p. 27.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by René Magritte, December 1977, no. 16.
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 26 August 1957.
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 25 September 1957.
M. Rapin, Dans la nuit de René Magritte il y a le ciel qui flotte sur nous tous, 15 January 1958 (illustrated).
Arts, 29 January-4 February 1958, p. 16 (illustrated).
A.M. Hammacher, René Magritte, New York, 1973, p. 146 (illustrated in color, p. 147, fig. 41).
H. Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, p. 121, no. 212 (illustrated in color).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, vol. III, p. 275, no. 860 (illustrated).
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed again, dated and titled 'MAGRITTE "LE SEIZE SEPTEMBRE" 1957' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 ¾ x 51 ½ in. (162 x 130.2 cm.)
Painted in 1957
