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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2023 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale | 118 | $****** - ****** | Le retour | |||
Feb 2, 2004 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal | 69 | $****** - ****** | Le retour |
Works on Paper
29.5 x 41.6 cm (11.63 x 16.38 in)
gouache on paper
signed ‘Magritte' (lower left)
Lou Cosyn, Brussels, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent.
Serge de Bloë, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above.
Private collection, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above circa 1978; sale, Christie's, London, The Art of the Surreal, 2 February 2004, lot 69.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired at the above sale.
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV , Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967 , Antwerp, 1994, no. app. 173, p. 332 (incorrectly referred to as no. 1397).
S. Whitfield, ed., René Magritte, Newly Discovered Works, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VI, Brussels, 2012, no. 20, p. 36 (illustrated).
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le retour
signed ‘Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on paper
11 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (29.6 x 41.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1950
