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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 22, 2011 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 26 | $****** - ****** | L'Empire Des Lumières |
paintings
38 x 46 cm (14.96 x 18.11 in)
oil on canvas
signed Magritte (upper right); titled and dated 1953 on the reverse
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1953)
Arnold Weissberger, New York (sold: Christie's, New York, 14th May 1986, lot 53)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Harry Torczyner, René Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 381, illustrated in colour p. 177; David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte. Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1993, vol. III, no. 803, illustrated p. 227
