Details
René Magritte
L'Espion
signed upper left Magritte; inscribed L'Espion on the reverse, oil on canvas
21¼ x 28½in. (54 x 72.5cm.)
Painted in 1928
L'Espion
signed upper left Magritte; inscribed L'Espion on the reverse, oil on canvas
21¼ x 28½in. (54 x 72.5cm.)
Painted in 1928
Provenance
Paul Gustave Van Hecke, Galerie L'Epoque, Brussels
E. L. T. Mesens, Brussels and London, by whom bought from the above in 1932
Enrico Baj, Milan
Galleria La Medusa, Rome, circa 1965
E. L. T. Mesens, Brussels and London, by whom bought from the above in 1932
Enrico Baj, Milan
Galleria La Medusa, Rome, circa 1965
Literature
L. Carluccio, Il Collezionista d'arte moderna, Turin, 1962 (illustrated p. 117)
D. Morosini, Maesti dell'arte visioniaria: James Ensor et René Magritte, Paese Sera, July 3, 1965 (illustrated p. 7)
H. Torczyner, Magritte, Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 15 (illustrated p. 26)
D. Sylvester, Portraits de Magritte, Brussels and Paris, 1978-9, pp. 47-76
D. Sylvester and S. Whitfield, René Magritte, catalogue raisonné, I: Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, Antwerp, 1992, no. 215 (illustrated p. 269)
D. Morosini, Maesti dell'arte visioniaria: James Ensor et René Magritte, Paese Sera, July 3, 1965 (illustrated p. 7)
H. Torczyner, Magritte, Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 15 (illustrated p. 26)
D. Sylvester, Portraits de Magritte, Brussels and Paris, 1978-9, pp. 47-76
D. Sylvester and S. Whitfield, René Magritte, catalogue raisonné, I: Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, Antwerp, 1992, no. 215 (illustrated p. 269)
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition René Magritte, May-June, 1933, no. 36
Rome, Galleria La Medusa, Magritte, May, 1963, no. 1 (illustrated)
Rome, Galleria La Medusa, Magritte, June, 1965, no. 10
L'Aguila, Castello Spagnolo, Alternative Attuali/2, Aug.-Sept., 1965 (illustrated)
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Rétrospective Magritte, Oct. 1978-April 1979, no. 65 (illustrated)
Southampton, N.Y., Parrish Art Museum, René Magritte: Poetic Images, Aug.-Sept. 1979 (no number)
Hamburg, Kunstverein, René Magritte und der Surrealismus in Belgien, Jan.-March 1982, no. 137
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Magritte e il surrealismo in Belgio, April-July 1982
New York, Arnold Herstand, René Magritte: Paintings, Nov.-Dec. 1986
Rome, Galleria La Medusa, Magritte, May, 1963, no. 1 (illustrated)
Rome, Galleria La Medusa, Magritte, June, 1965, no. 10
L'Aguila, Castello Spagnolo, Alternative Attuali/2, Aug.-Sept., 1965 (illustrated)
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Rétrospective Magritte, Oct. 1978-April 1979, no. 65 (illustrated)
Southampton, N.Y., Parrish Art Museum, René Magritte: Poetic Images, Aug.-Sept. 1979 (no number)
Hamburg, Kunstverein, René Magritte und der Surrealismus in Belgien, Jan.-March 1982, no. 137
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Magritte e il surrealismo in Belgio, April-July 1982
New York, Arnold Herstand, René Magritte: Paintings, Nov.-Dec. 1986