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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le colloque sentimental
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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le colloque sentimental
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on paper
14 x 17 ⁷/₈ in. (35.6 x 45.4 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Le colloque sentimental
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on paper
14 x 17 ⁷/₈ in. (35.6 x 45.4 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Provenance
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, by whom acquired in 1974.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1976, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1976, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1206, p. 69 (illustrated; dated '1946').
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