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Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'empire des lumières
Details
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'empire des lumières
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); dated and titled '"L'EMPIRE des LUMIÈRES" 1949' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 x 23 1⁄8 in. (48.2 x 58.7 cm.)
Painted in 1949
L'empire des lumières
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); dated and titled '"L'EMPIRE des LUMIÈRES" 1949' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 x 23 1⁄8 in. (48.2 x 58.7 cm.)
Painted in 1949
Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist, August 1949).
Hugo Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (acquired from the above, 30 March 1950).
Louise Auchincloss Boyer, New York (gift from the above, December 1950).
Gordon Auchincloss Robbins, New York (by descent from the above, July 1974).
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Daniel Filipacchi, Paris (acquired from the above, 1974).
Byron Gallery, New York (by 1978).
Private collection (acquired from the above, 1981); sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 2017, lot 12A.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 2023, lot 16B.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Hugo Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (acquired from the above, 30 March 1950).
Louise Auchincloss Boyer, New York (gift from the above, December 1950).
Gordon Auchincloss Robbins, New York (by descent from the above, July 1974).
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Daniel Filipacchi, Paris (acquired from the above, 1974).
Byron Gallery, New York (by 1978).
Private collection (acquired from the above, 1981); sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 2017, lot 12A.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 2023, lot 16B.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 8 August 1949.
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 2 March 1950.
Letter from A. Iolas to R. Magritte, 7 April 1950.
Magritte, exh. cat., Hugo Gallery, New York, 1951, no. 8 (illustrated on the back cover).
H. Michaux, "En rêvant à partir de peintures énigmatiques" in Mercure de France, December 1964, p. 587.
C. Bussy, "L'accent grave: Emission radiophonique" in Le fait accompli, nos. 19-20, April 1969.
Peintres de l'imaginaire: Symbolistes et surréalistes belges, exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1972, p. 118.
J. Vovelle, "Peintres de l'imaginaire: Symbolistes et surréalistes belges" in Cahiers d'histoire de l'art contemporain, no. 2, March 1973, p. 34.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, vol. III, pp. 4-5, 10, 17, 77, 145, 157, 162, 187, 200, 210, 222, 227, 228, 261, 368 and 387, no. 709 (illustrated, p. 145).
S. Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, pp. 224-226 (illustrated in color, p. 225).
C. Haskell, René Magritte: The Fifth Season, exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2018, p. 126 (illustrated in color, pl. 51).
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Iolas, 2 March 1950.
Letter from A. Iolas to R. Magritte, 7 April 1950.
Magritte, exh. cat., Hugo Gallery, New York, 1951, no. 8 (illustrated on the back cover).
H. Michaux, "En rêvant à partir de peintures énigmatiques" in Mercure de France, December 1964, p. 587.
C. Bussy, "L'accent grave: Emission radiophonique" in Le fait accompli, nos. 19-20, April 1969.
Peintres de l'imaginaire: Symbolistes et surréalistes belges, exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1972, p. 118.
J. Vovelle, "Peintres de l'imaginaire: Symbolistes et surréalistes belges" in Cahiers d'histoire de l'art contemporain, no. 2, March 1973, p. 34.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, vol. III, pp. 4-5, 10, 17, 77, 145, 157, 162, 187, 200, 210, 222, 227, 228, 261, 368 and 387, no. 709 (illustrated, p. 145).
S. Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, pp. 224-226 (illustrated in color, p. 225).
C. Haskell, René Magritte: The Fifth Season, exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2018, p. 126 (illustrated in color, pl. 51).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Rétrospective Magritte, October 1978-April 1979, p. 224, no. 145 (illustrated in color; detail illustrated in color on the cover).
Milan, Galleria del Milione, René Magritte: Il buon senso e il senso delle cose, May 1984, p. 51, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 37).
Milan, Galleria del Milione, René Magritte: Il buon senso e il senso delle cose, May 1984, p. 51, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 37).
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