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René Magritte (1898-1967)
L'Écho
signed 'magritte' (lower right); titled and dated '"L'ÉCHO" 1944' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 17¾in. (55 x 45cm.)
Painted in 1944
L'Écho
signed 'magritte' (lower right); titled and dated '"L'ÉCHO" 1944' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 17¾in. (55 x 45cm.)
Painted in 1944
Provenance
Achille Chavée, La Louvière, by whom acquired from the artist.
Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels.
Acquired from the above by Mr and Mrs Deknop.
Zaira Mis, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1987, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels.
Acquired from the above by Mr and Mrs Deknop.
Zaira Mis, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1987, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester (ed.), René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, Antwerp, 1993, no. 575 (illustrated p. 349).
Exhibited
La Louvière, Maison des Loisirs, René Magritte Exposé, March-April 1954, no. 21.
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, L'Apport wallon au surréalisme, Oct.-Nov. 1955, no. 57.
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Magritte, Oct.-Nov. 1960, no. 34.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte: cent cinquante oeuvres; première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, Jan.-Feb. 1968, no. 63.
Tokyo, Galerie des Arts de Tokyo, Shibuya, René Magritte, Aug.-Sept. 1982, no. 26 (illustrated in the catalogue). This exhibition later travelled to Toyama, Musée d'Art de la Préfecture and Kumamoto, Musée d'Art de la Préfecture.
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, L'Apport wallon au surréalisme, Oct.-Nov. 1955, no. 57.
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Magritte, Oct.-Nov. 1960, no. 34.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte: cent cinquante oeuvres; première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, Jan.-Feb. 1968, no. 63.
Tokyo, Galerie des Arts de Tokyo, Shibuya, René Magritte, Aug.-Sept. 1982, no. 26 (illustrated in the catalogue). This exhibition later travelled to Toyama, Musée d'Art de la Préfecture and Kumamoto, Musée d'Art de la Préfecture.
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