Lot Essay
'I wish the sun were shining tonight' (André Breton).
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L'autre parole
Details
René Magritte (1898-1967)
L'autre parole
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'L'autre Parole Magritte 1955' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
10½ x 13 in. (26.6 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1955
L'autre parole
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'L'autre Parole Magritte 1955' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
10½ x 13 in. (26.6 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1955
Provenance
Galleria La Colonna, Florence, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist.
Private collection, Milan, acquired from the above.
Gaetano Vullo, Milan, by whom acquired from the above.
Private collection, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1994, lot 310.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Milan, acquired from the above.
Gaetano Vullo, Milan, by whom acquired from the above.
Private collection, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1994, lot 310.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester (ed.), René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1380a (illustrated p. 169).
Exhibited
(Probably) Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte: cent cinquante oeuvres, première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, January - February 1968, no. 158.
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