RENé MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

LE CAPRICE

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RENé MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
LE CAPRICE
SIGNED 'MAGRITTE' (UPPER RIGHT); TITLED AND DATED '"LE CAPRICE" (JANVIER 1947)' (ON THE REVERSE)
OIL ON CANVAS
19 3/4 X 25 5/8IN. (50 X 65CM.)
PAINTED IN JANUARY 1947

來源

JACQUES WERGIFOSSE, LIèGE
ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER

出版

LETTER FROM THE ARTIST TO JACQUES WERFIGOSSE, 13 JANUARY 1948.
D. SYLVESTER & S. WHITFIELD, RENé MAGRITTE, CATALOGUE RAISONNé, OIL PAINTINGS AND OBJECTS. 1931-1948, VOL. II, ANTWERP 1993, NO. 82, P. 452.
ED. D. SYLVESTER, RENé MAGRITTE CATALOGUE RAISONNé, SUPPLEMENT; EXHIBITIONS LISTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY: CUMULATIVE INDEX, VOL. V, LONDON 1997, NO. 611A, PP. 35-36 (ILLUSTRATED P. 35).

展覽

VERVIERS, LA SOCIéTé ROYALE DES BEAUX ARTS, MAGRITTE, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1947, NO. 36.

拍品專文

THIS WORK IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST WORKS EXECUTED DURING MAGRITTE'S 'IMPRESSIONIST' PERIOD, WHICH DATES FROM EARLY 1943 UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1947; MAGRITTE HIMSELF CAME TO PREFER THE TERM 'PéRIODE SOLAIRE' TO DESCRIBE THIS PERIOD. THE PRESENT WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE BRIGHT PALETTE AND FEATHERY 'IMPRESSIONIST' BRUSHWORK WHICH IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF 1947. ACCORDING TO JACQUES WERGIFOSSE, LE CAPRICE WAS INSPIRED BY A DREAM IN WHICH MAGRITTE VISUALISED AN IMAGE OF CLOUDS IN THE FORMATION OF PRINTED TEXT WITH A SNOW-COVERED STREET-LAMP TO THE LEFT. IN THE PAINTINGS, MAGRITTE REPLACED THE STREET-LAMP WITH A "POIRE EN NEIGE...POUR éVITER UNE FAUSSE NOTE TOLéRABLE EN RêVE MAIS PAS DANS LA PEINTURE".