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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 1, 2011 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale | 43 | $****** - ****** | La fin du monde |
paintings
81.6 x 100.3 cm (32.13 x 39.49 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'Magritte' (upper right); titled 'La Fin du Monde' (on the reverse)
Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist). Aaron J. Farfel, Houston (acquired from the above, 1964).
Private collection, Houston (by descent from above);
sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 30. Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owners.
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, May-June 1964. London, Hanover Gallery, René Magritte, May-July 1964. Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Secret Affinities: Words and Images by René Magritte, October 1976-January 1977, p. 21 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, London, 1993, vol. III, p. 387, no. 980 (illustrated).
