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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 27, 2023 | Sotheby's | London | Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture | 117 | $****** - ****** | Le savoir |
Works on Paper
34.9 x 26.7 cm (13.74 x 10.51 in)
gouache on paper
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte and titled (on the verso)
Edward D. Mayer, Chicago (acquired from the artist in 1961)
Private Collection, Arizona (acquired by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Letter from René Magritte to Edward D. Mayer, 13 March 1961
René Magritte, “Le rappel à l'ordre,” Rhétorique , no. 1, May 1961
David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967 , vol. IV, London, 1994, app. 180, p. 333
The work is accompanied by a group of seven postcards and greeting cards, as well as five letters from the artist to Edward D. Mayer, one with an accompanying English translation. All are signed by the artist and dated between 1961-66.
Property from an Important American Private Collection
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le savoir
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte and titled (on the verso)
gouache on paper
34.9 by 26.7 cm. 13 ¾ by 10 ½ in.
Executed circa 1961.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.
