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En face des murmures
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René Magritte (1898-1967)
En face des murmures
signed 'magritte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 25¾in. (49.8 x 65.4cm.)
Painted in 1927
En face des murmures
signed 'magritte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 25¾in. (49.8 x 65.4cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels, by 1932-33.
Harold Diamond, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1959-60.
Margaret Krebs, Brussels, by 1964.
Galerie André-François Petit, Paris.
Harold Diamond, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1959-60.
Margaret Krebs, Brussels, by 1964.
Galerie André-François Petit, Paris.
Literature
J. Vovelle, 'Un surréaliste belge à Paris: Magritte (1927-1930)', Revue de l'art, no. 12, Paris, 1971, p. 58 (illustrated).
ed. D. Sylvester, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, Antwerp, 1992, no. 181 (illustrated p. 244).
ed. D. Sylvester, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, Antwerp, 1992, no. 181 (illustrated p. 244).
Exhibited
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Werkelijkheid en verbeelding: belgische surrealisten, July-Sept. 1964, no. 32.
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