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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La grande marée
Details
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La grande marée
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled '"La Grande Marée" Magritte 1946' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
16 1⁄8 x 23 3⁄8 in. (41 x 59.4 cm.)
Executed in 1946
La grande marée
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled '"La Grande Marée" Magritte 1946' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
16 1⁄8 x 23 3⁄8 in. (41 x 59.4 cm.)
Executed in 1946
Provenance
Pierre & Léontine Hoyez-Berger, Brussels.
Private collection, Belgium, a gift from the family of the above in 1949; sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 2000, lot 618.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 18C.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's London, 23 March 2021, lot 102.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Private collection, Belgium, a gift from the family of the above in 1949; sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 2000, lot 618.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 18C.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's London, 23 March 2021, lot 102.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
R. Magritte, Titres, Brussels, 1946.
Letter from Magritte to Alex Salkin, 2 January 1947.
Letter from Magritte to Pierre Andrieu, 20 December 1947.
Exh. cat., René Magritte, Hugo Gallery, New York, 1947, no. 37.
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. app. 139, p. 324 (illustrated in situ).
Letter from Magritte to Alex Salkin, 2 January 1947.
Letter from Magritte to Pierre Andrieu, 20 December 1947.
Exh. cat., René Magritte, Hugo Gallery, New York, 1947, no. 37.
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. app. 139, p. 324 (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, Magritte, November - December 1946, no. 10 (titled 'Le grand monde').
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