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Esquises pour 'Les Nécessités de la vie et les Conséquences des rêves précédés d'Exemples' (recto); Croquis (verso)
Details
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Esquises pour 'Les Nécessités de la vie et les Conséquences des rêves précédés d'Exemples' (recto); Croquis (verso)
numbered '24' (on the reverse)
pencil on paper
10 ½ x 8 1/8 in. (26.7 x 20.8 cm.)
Esquises pour 'Les Nécessités de la vie et les Conséquences des rêves précédés d'Exemples' (recto); Croquis (verso)
numbered '24' (on the reverse)
pencil on paper
10 ½ x 8 1/8 in. (26.7 x 20.8 cm.)
Provenance
Georgette Magritte, Brussels, by descent from the artist in 1967, and thence by descent in 1986; sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1987, lot 853 (part lot).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 October 1990, lot 186 (part lot).
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 October 1990, lot 186 (part lot).
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Further details
This series of sketches relates to a series of drawings reproduced in Paul Eluard's Les Nécessités de la vie et les Conséquences des rêves précédés d'Exemples from 1946.
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Annie Wallington
The Comité Magritte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.