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Les Reflets du temps or Composition with clock, sky and forest
Details
Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
Les Reflets du temps or
Composition with clock, sky and forest
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 28¾ in. (54 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1928
Les Reflets du temps or
Composition with clock, sky and forest
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 28¾ in. (54 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1928
Provenance
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 23-24 March 1966, lot 61.
Alexandre Iolas, New York.
Nesuhi Ertegün (acquired from the above).
Ahmet Ertegün (acquired from the above).
Charles Byron, New York (acquired from the above, 1976).
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Alexandre Iolas, New York.
Nesuhi Ertegün (acquired from the above).
Ahmet Ertegün (acquired from the above).
Charles Byron, New York (acquired from the above, 1976).
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester and S. Whitfield, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1992, vol. I, p. 324, no. 292 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, De Onafhamkelijken Tentoonstelling met invités, fransche en belgische surréalisten, May-June 1930, no. 4 (possibly no. 125 or 293).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition René Magritte, May-June 1933, no. 5 (possibly no. 126 or 293).
New York, Byron Gallery, René Magritte, November-December 1968, no. 6.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition René Magritte, May-June 1933, no. 5 (possibly no. 126 or 293).
New York, Byron Gallery, René Magritte, November-December 1968, no. 6.
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