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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 19, 2019 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 17 | $****** - ****** | LA MAGIE NOIRE | |||
Nov 3, 2008 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 64 | $****** - ****** | LA MAGIE NOIRE | |||
Jun 20, 2005 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art - Part I | 34 | $****** - ****** | LA MAGIE NOIRE | |||
Nov 3, 1993 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture - Part I | 52 | $****** - ****** | LA MAGIE NOIRE |
paintings
81 x 60 cm (31.89 x 23.62 in)
oil on canvas
signed Magritte (lower left); titled, dated 1946 and inscribed 25P on the reverse
Raymond Magritte, Belgium (the artist's brother; acquired from the artist)
Arlette Magritte (daughter of the above, by descent. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 3rd November 1993, lot 52)
Private Collection, Belgium (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired in 2001. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 3rd November 2008, lot 64)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Paris, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage à Magritte, 1984-85, no. 42 (with incorrect medium)
Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art; Hyogo, Museum of Modern Art & Fukuoka, Art Museum, Retrospective Magritte, 1994-95, no. 33, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
David Sylvester (ed.) & Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, London, 1993, vol. II, no. 602, illustrated p. 367
David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, Supplement, London, 1997, vol. V, no. 602, illustrated p. 35
signed Magritte (lower left); titled, dated 1946 and inscribed 25P on the reverse
oil on canvas
81 by 60cm.
31 7/8 by 23 5/8 in.
Painted in 1946.
