Lot Essay
David Sylvester will include this painting in his forthcoming René Magritte catalogue raisonné as no. 873.
Details
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le monde familier
signed bottom right Magritte--signed again, dated and titled on the reverse Magritte 1958 "Le Monde familier"--oil on canvas
19¾ x 23 5/8 in. (50 x 60 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Le monde familier
signed bottom right Magritte--signed again, dated and titled on the reverse Magritte 1958 "Le Monde familier"--oil on canvas
19¾ x 23 5/8 in. (50 x 60 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, Dec., 1984 - Jan., 1985, no.? (illustrated, p. 172)