RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

LE BAL MASQUé

细节

RENé MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
LE BAL MASQUé
SIGNED 'MAGRITTE' (LOWER RIGHT); TITLED AND DATED '"LE BAL MASQUÉ 1958"' (ON THE REVERSE)
OIL ON CANVAS
23 5/8 X 19 5/8IN. (60 X 50CM.)
PAINTED IN 1958

来源

GALERIE ISY BRACHOT, BRUSSELS
ACQUIRED BY THE PRESENT OWNER IN 1988

出版

LETTER FROM MAGRITTE TO IOLAS, 12 NOVEMBER 1958.
P. WALDBERG, RENé MAGRITTE, BRUSSELS 1965, P. 114 (ILLUSTRATED). D. SYLVESTER & S. WHITFIELD, RENé MAGRITTE, CATALOGUE RAISONNé, OIL PAINTINGS, OBJECTS AND BRONZES 1949-1967, VOL. III, LONDON 1993, NO. 884, P. 297 (ILLUSTRATED).

展览

KNOKKE, CASINO COMMUNAL, XVE FESTIVAL BELGE D'éTé; L'OEUVRE DE RENé MAGRITTE, JULY-AUGUST 1962, NO. 96.
MILAN, GALLERIA SCHWARZ, MAGRITTE, DECEMBER 1962 (ILLUSTRATED).
ROME, L'ATTICO, MAGRITTE, JANUARY 1963.
LONDON, HANOVER GALLERY, RENé MAGRITTE, MAY-JULY 1964, NO. 6.
PARIS, GALERIE ALEXANDRE IOLAS, MAGRITTE: LE SENS PROPRE, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1964, NO. 8.
BRUSSELS, GALERIE ISY BRACHOT, MAGRITTE: CENT-CINQUANTE OEUVRES, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1968, NO. 96 (ILLUSTRATED).
NEW YORK, BYRON GALLERY, RENé MAGRITTE, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1968, NO. 22.
BRUSSELS, GALERIE ISY BRACHOT, RéTROSPECTIVE RENé MAGRITTE (1898-1967) DANS LES COLLECTIONS PRIVéES, JANUARY-MARCH 1988.
MONTREAL, MUSéE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTRéL, MAGRITTE, JUNE-OCTOBER 1996, NO. 7 (ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR P. 102).

拍品专文

MAGRITTE'S UNIQUE FORM OF SURREALISM PRESENTS THE UNREAL AND THE MYSTERIOUS AS THOUGH IT WAS PART OF THE EVERYDAY WORLD, PAINTED WITH THE COLD ACTUALITY OF A PHOTOGRAPH. LE BAL MASQUé RELATES TO A FAMOUS SERIES OF PAINTINGS THAT INCLUDES LE CHâTEAU DES PYRéNéES OF 1961 IN THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, JERUSALEM, AND LE MONDE INVISIBLE IN THE MENIL COLLECTION, HOUSTON. THESE WORKS SHOW A MASSIVE BOULDER DISPLACED IN AN ABSURD, IMPOSSIBLE CONTEXT, WHETHER FLOATING EFFORTLESSLY IN MID-AIR LIKE A SOLID CLOUD OR SITTING HEAVILY WITHIN A BOURGEOIS SEASIDE HOME.

IN LE BAL MASQUé, A ROCK OF CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION STANDS OUT AGAINST THE CALM OF SEA AND CLOUD-FILLED SKY. THE IMAGE IS AS NEUTRAL AND DETACHED AS POSSIBLE. ROGER SHATTUCK OBSERVED OF THIS COMPOSITION: "I KNOW OF NO PAINTING THAT CONVEYS SO TOTALLY THE SENSE OF A UNIVERSE IN SUSPENSE, A UNIVERSE IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS WAITING AND NOTHING MOVES." (R. SHATTUCK, 'THIS IS NOT RENé MAGRITTE', ARTFORUM, SEPTEMBER 1966, P. 35).