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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'esprit et la forme
Details
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'esprit et la forme
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); signed again, titled and dated 'Magritte L'esprit et la forme 1961' (on the reverse)
gouache, pencil and paper collage on paper
17 3⁄8 x 14 ¼ in. (44.1 x 36.1 cm.)
Executed in 1961
L'esprit et la forme
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); signed again, titled and dated 'Magritte L'esprit et la forme 1961' (on the reverse)
gouache, pencil and paper collage on paper
17 3⁄8 x 14 ¼ in. (44.1 x 36.1 cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 22 February 1962.
Hanover Gallery, London, by whom acquired from the above after 1964.
Erica Brausen, London, by whom probably acquired from the above by 1994.
Jean-Yves Mock, London, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2005, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Hanover Gallery, London, by whom acquired from the above after 1964.
Erica Brausen, London, by whom probably acquired from the above by 1994.
Jean-Yves Mock, London, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2005, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1639, p. 313 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Iolas Gallery, René Magritte: Paintings, Gouaches, Collages, 1960-1961-1962, April - May 1962, no. 20.
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, May - June 1964.
Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Magritte, February - June 2003, p. 243 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée Maillol, Magrittetoutenpapier, March - June 2006, p. 77 (illustrated).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Magritte en zijn atelier, September - December 2006.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, de Renoir à Sam Szafran. Parcours d’un collectionneur, December - June 2011, no. 125, p. 254 (illustrated p. 255).
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, May - June 1964.
Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Magritte, February - June 2003, p. 243 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée Maillol, Magrittetoutenpapier, March - June 2006, p. 77 (illustrated).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Magritte en zijn atelier, September - December 2006.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, de Renoir à Sam Szafran. Parcours d’un collectionneur, December - June 2011, no. 125, p. 254 (illustrated p. 255).
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