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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 7, 2008 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 45 | $****** - ****** | L'okapi |
paintings
59.6 x 49.7 cm (23.46 x 19.57 in)
oil on canvas
Signed Magritte (lower right); titled L'okapi and dated 1958 on the reverse
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist in 1958). Jacques Kaplan (acquired from the above in 1965). Acquired from the above by the family of the previous owner in 1965
New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, René Magritte, 1959. Dallas, Museum for Contemporary Arts & Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, René Magritte in America, 1960-61, no. 65. Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, 1964
Letter from René Magritte to Maurice Rapin, April 14, 1958. José Pierre, Magritte, Paris, 1984, illustrated p. 13. David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes 1949-1967, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 872, illustrated p. 286
