RENé MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

FEMME

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RENé MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
FEMME
SIGNED AND DATED 'MAGRITTE 1923' (LOWER LEFT); WITH THE INSCRIPTION 'JE CERTIFIE QUE CE TABLEAU A éTé PEINT PAR MON MARI RENé MAGRITTE GEORGETTE MAGRITTE LE 6.2.74' (ON THE REVERSE)
OIL ON CANVAS
39 1/4 X 27 1/2IN. (99.7 X 70CM.)
PAINTED IN 1923

Provenance

RAYMOND MAGRITTE, WEMMEL
ARLETTE MAGRITTE, BRUSSELS
ANON. SALE, SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 5 DECEMBER 1979, LOT 70
PURCHASED FROM THE ABOVE BY THE PRESENT OWNER

Literature

LETTER FROM MAGRITTE TO MAURICE VAN ESSCHE, 30 JAN. 1923, CALVOCORESSI 1979, P. 9.
B. NOEL, MAGRITTE, 1976 (ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR P.9). S. WHITFIELD & RAEBURN, D. SYLVESTER (ED.), RENé MAGRITTE, CATALOGUE RAISONNé, VOL. I, LONDON 1993, NO. 45 (ILLUSTRATED).

Exhibited

ANTWERP, CERCLE ROYAL ARTISTIQUE, EXPOSITION ORGANISéE PAR LA REVUE CA IRA, APRIL-MAY 1923, NO. 58.
BRUSSELS, PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS, RéTROSPECTIVE MAGRITTE, OCTOBER -DECEMBER 1978, NO. 5. THIS EXHIBITION LATER TRAVELLED TO PARIS, MUSéE NATIONAL D'ART MODERNE, AND CENTRE NATIONAL D'ART ET DE CULTURE GEORGES POMPIDOU, JANUARY-APRIL 1979.

Lot Essay

MAGRITTE'S LETTER FROM 1923 (OP. CIT.) TO MAURICE VAN ESSCHE, DIRECTOR OF THE ANTWERP PUBLISHERS EDITIONS CA IRA, BEGINS WITH: FEMME WAS ONE OF SEVEN WORKS BY MAGRITTE EXHIBITED AT THE CA IRA EXHIBITION HELD AT THE CERCLE ROYAL OF ANTWERP IN MONS IN 1923.

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