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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1896-1967)
La jeunesse illustrée
Details
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1896-1967)
La jeunesse illustrée
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); inscribed '"La jeunesse illustrée"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 x 27 ¼ in. (48.2 x 69.2 cm.)
Painted in 1937
La jeunesse illustrée
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); inscribed '"La jeunesse illustrée"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
19 x 27 ¼ in. (48.2 x 69.2 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Paul-Henri Spaak, Brussels, by whom acquired directly from the artist by the summer of 1938; sale, Sotheby's London, 28 June 1972, lot 67.
Galleria Internazionale, Milan, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Mario Tazzoli, Turin, by whom acquired from the above in 1972.
Acquired from the above by 1978, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galleria Internazionale, Milan, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Mario Tazzoli, Turin, by whom acquired from the above in 1972.
Acquired from the above by 1978, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Letter from René Magritte to Paul Eluard, 30 January 1937.
P. Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, pp. 38 & 339 (illustrated p. 39).
R. Passeron, René Magritte, Paris, 1970, p. 65 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed. & S. Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II., Oil Paintings and Objects: 1931-1948, Antwerp, 1993, no. 425, p. 234 (illustrated).
A. Umland, ed., Magritte, The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938, New York, 2013, p. 197 (illustrated fig. 2).
A. Danchev & S. Whitfield, Magritte: A Life, New York, 2020, p. 234.
P. Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, pp. 38 & 339 (illustrated p. 39).
R. Passeron, René Magritte, Paris, 1970, p. 65 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed. & S. Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II., Oil Paintings and Objects: 1931-1948, Antwerp, 1993, no. 425, p. 234 (illustrated).
A. Umland, ed., Magritte, The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938, New York, 2013, p. 197 (illustrated fig. 2).
A. Danchev & S. Whitfield, Magritte: A Life, New York, 2020, p. 234.
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Trois peintres surréalistes, René Magritte, Man Ray et Yves Tanguy, December 1937, no. 9.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d'Art Belge Contemporain, June - August 1938, no. 280, p. 69.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, May - June 1954, no. 57, p. 32.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d'Art Belge Contemporain, June - August 1938, no. 280, p. 69.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, May - June 1954, no. 57, p. 32.
Brought to you by
Ottavia Marchitelli
Senior Specialist, Head of The Art of The Surreal Sale