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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 20, 2012 | Christie's | London | Impressionist/ Modern Art Evening Sale | 58 | $****** - ****** | Shéhérazade |
paintings
60.3 x 42.2 cm (23.74 x 16.61 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'magritte' (lower right); dated and inscribed '"SHEHERAZADE" 1947' (on the reverse)
The artist, until at least 1954. Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, after 1973. Collection Vanthournout, Ijzegem, Belgium. Acquired by the family of the present owners circa 1986.
Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, Exposition Magritte, January - February 1948. New York, Hugo Gallery, René Magritte, May 1948, no. 15. Beverly Hills, Copley Galleries, Magritte, September 1948, no. 6. Odense, Vandreudstillingen 1953-1954: Europa Kunst, September 1953 - April 1954, no. 4; this exhibition later travelled to twenty two cities around Scandinavia, ending up in Copenhagen. London, Marlborough Fine Art, Magritte, October - November 1973, no. 54. Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte 1898-1967, March - May 1979, no. 41.
Statement of account from Magritte to Iolas, 8 August 1949. R. Passeron, René Magritte, Paris, 1972 (illustrated). R. Magritte & A. Blavier, eds., Ecrits complets, Paris, 1979. Exh. cat., Malerei des Surrealismus von den Anfängen bis heute, Hamburg Kunstverein, 1969 (illustrated pl. 76). D. Sylvester & S. Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Oil paintings and objects, 1931-1948, Antwerp, 1993, no. 629, p. 387 (illustrated).
