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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Shéhérazade
Details
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Shéhérazade
signed 'Magritte' (lower centre)
oil on panel
16 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (42 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1947-1948
Shéhérazade
signed 'Magritte' (lower centre)
oil on panel
16 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (42 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1947-1948
Provenance
Jean Bourjou, Brussels, by whom commissioned from the artist circa 1947-1948.
Jean Krebs, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels.
Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich.
Jan Eric Lowenadler, New York & Stockholm.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s; sale, Christie's, London, The Art of the Surreal, 7 February 2005, lot 70.
Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 10 August 2010.
Jean Krebs, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels.
Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich.
Jan Eric Lowenadler, New York & Stockholm.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s; sale, Christie's, London, The Art of the Surreal, 7 February 2005, lot 70.
Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 10 August 2010.
Literature
D. Sylvester & S. Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, Antwerp, 1993, no. 634 (6), p. 393 (illustrated and illustrated in situ p. 392 ).
Exhibited
Lessines, Hôtel de Ville, Hommage de la ville de Lessines à René Magritte, May 1973, no. 12.
Basel, Galerie Isy Brachot, René Magritte: One-Man Show, June 1976, no. 14, pp. 7 & 17 (illustrated p. 6; dated '1942').
Basel, Galerie Isy Brachot, René Magritte: One-Man Show, June 1976, no. 14, pp. 7 & 17 (illustrated p. 6; dated '1942').
Brought to you by
Ottavia Marchitelli
Senior Specialist, Head of The Art of The Surreal Sale