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La nuit de Pise
Details
René Magritte (1898-1967)
La nuit de Pise
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on board
73/8 x 53/8in. (18.7 x 13.6cm.)
Painted in 1952
La nuit de Pise
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
gouache on paper laid down on board
73/8 x 53/8in. (18.7 x 13.6cm.)
Painted in 1952
Provenance
Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan.
Galleria Gissi, Turin (3061).
Acquired from the above sale by the previous owner and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galleria Gissi, Turin (3061).
Acquired from the above sale by the previous owner and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Letter from Magritte to Gaspero del Corso, 6 November 1952.
Letter from Magritte to Gaspero del Corso, 11 December 1952.
ed. D. Sylvester, René Magritte, catalogue raisonné: gouaches, temperas, watercolours and papier collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, Antwerp 1994, no. 1348 (illustrated p. 151).
Letter from Magritte to Gaspero del Corso, 11 December 1952.
ed. D. Sylvester, René Magritte, catalogue raisonné: gouaches, temperas, watercolours and papier collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, Antwerp 1994, no. 1348 (illustrated p. 151).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, René Magritte, January 1953, no. 14 (illustrated).
Special notice
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