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Composition cubiste
Details
René Magritte (1998-1967)
Composition cubiste
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
oil on glass bottle
12 in.(30.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1944
Composition cubiste
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
oil on glass bottle
12 in.(30.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1944
Provenance
Lou Cosyn, Brussels.
Madame Lachowski, Brussels.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London 29 June 1978, lot 332.
Madame Lachowski, Brussels.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London 29 June 1978, lot 332.
Literature
D. Sylvester, Catalogue Raisonne: René Magritte, vol. II, no. 700 (illustrated p. 442).
Exhibited
Paris, Wallonie-Bruxelles 1984, no. 41 (titled Bouteille).
Lausanne, Fondation de L'Hermitage, René Magritte, June-October 1987, no. 82 (titled Bouteille-homme au journal).
Munich, Kunshalle 1987, no. 106 (titled Bouteille-homme au journal).
London, The Hayward Gallery, Magritte, May-August 1992, no. 164 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September-November; Houston, The Menil Collection, December 1992-February 1993.
Lausanne, Fondation de L'Hermitage, René Magritte, June-October 1987, no. 82 (titled Bouteille-homme au journal).
Munich, Kunshalle 1987, no. 106 (titled Bouteille-homme au journal).
London, The Hayward Gallery, Magritte, May-August 1992, no. 164 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September-November; Houston, The Menil Collection, December 1992-February 1993.
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