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This work is most likely a design for the related oil, Untitled, commissioned by Schumberger Ltd in 1963 (Sylvester 982a).
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La lyre d'Héraclite
Details
René Magritte (1898-1967)
La lyre d'Héraclite
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on paper
8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (22.4 x 16.8 cm.)
Executed in 1963
La lyre d'Héraclite
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
gouache on paper
8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (22.4 x 16.8 cm.)
Executed in 1963
Provenance
(possibly) Margaret Krebs, Brussels.
Robert Elkon, New York, by whom possibly acquired from the above.
Albert Loeb & Jan Krugier, by whom acquired from the above.
Annely Juda, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1969.
Galleria Schwarz, Milan (no. 3414).
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner and thence by descent.
Robert Elkon, New York, by whom possibly acquired from the above.
Albert Loeb & Jan Krugier, by whom acquired from the above.
Annely Juda, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1969.
Galleria Schwarz, Milan (no. 3414).
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner and thence by descent.
Literature
D. Sylvester (ed.), S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1538, p. 259 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Albert Loeb & Krugier Gallery, Bellmer and the Surrealists, September - October 1968, no. 44, p. 18 (illustrated).
Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, A tribute to René Magritte, A Centennial Anniversary, 1996.
Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, A tribute to René Magritte, A Centennial Anniversary, 1996.
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