.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Property from an Important American Collection
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'Embellie
Details
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
L'Embellie
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); signed again, dated and titled ‘“L'EMBELLIE” magritte 1941' (on the reverse); titled again ‘“L’EMBELLIE”' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 39 3⁄8 in. (65.5 x 100.2 cm.)
Painted in 1941
L'Embellie
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); signed again, dated and titled ‘“L'EMBELLIE” magritte 1941' (on the reverse); titled again ‘“L’EMBELLIE”' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 39 3⁄8 in. (65.5 x 100.2 cm.)
Painted in 1941
Provenance
Private collection, Brussels (acquired from the artist circa 1950, then by descent, until 1985).
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Belgium (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Belgium (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002.
Literature
Letter from M. Mariën to R. Magritte, 15 September 1941.
Letter from R. Magritte to P. Eluard, 4 December 1941.
L. Scutenaire, “René Magritte” in La Terre n'est pas une Vallée de Larmes, Brussels, 1945, p. 44.
D. Sylvester, Magritte: The Silence of the World, New York, 1992, pp. 257 and 325.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, London, 1993, vol. II, pp. 290-291, no. 492 (illustrated, p. 290).
J. Meuris, René Magritte, Cologne, 1995, pp. 159 and 168 (illustrated, p. 159).
Letter from R. Magritte to P. Eluard, 4 December 1941.
L. Scutenaire, “René Magritte” in La Terre n'est pas une Vallée de Larmes, Brussels, 1945, p. 44.
D. Sylvester, Magritte: The Silence of the World, New York, 1992, pp. 257 and 325.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, London, 1993, vol. II, pp. 290-291, no. 492 (illustrated, p. 290).
J. Meuris, René Magritte, Cologne, 1995, pp. 159 and 168 (illustrated, p. 159).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte, March-May 1979, no. 37.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Retrospective Magritte dans les collections privées, January-March 1988, p. 94 (illustrated in color, p. 95).
Brussels, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, March-June 1998, p. 140, no. 127 (illustrated in color).
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Retrospective Magritte dans les collections privées, January-March 1988, p. 94 (illustrated in color, p. 95).
Brussels, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, March-June 1998, p. 140, no. 127 (illustrated in color).
Brought to you by
Rachael White Young
Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale