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Le grand style
Details
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Le grand style
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); titled and dated '"Le grand style" 1952' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (19.4 x 14.4 cm.)
Executed in 1952
Le grand style
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); titled and dated '"Le grand style" 1952' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (19.4 x 14.4 cm.)
Executed in 1952
Provenance
Conte Rasponi, Florence and Milan, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Letter from René Magritte to Gasparo del Corso, 6 November 1952.
Letter from René Magritte to Gasparo del Corso, 11 December 1952.
D. Sylvester (ed.), René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1347 (illustrated p. 151).
Letter from René Magritte to Gasparo del Corso, 11 December 1952.
D. Sylvester (ed.), René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1347 (illustrated p. 151).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Magritte, January - February 1953, no. 13.
Special notice
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