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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 12, 2018 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from the Collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper | 14A | $****** - ****** | La statue volante |
paintings
81 x 100.3 cm (31.88 x 39.5 in)
oil on canvas
signed ‘Magritte’ (upper right), titled '"La forêt vierge" "La statue volante" "La nouvelle maison" "La statue volante" "La lanterne de so" "La fille de joie"' (on the reverse)
Gustave Nellens, Belgium (until 1971).
Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem.
Private collection, Belgium.
Acquired by the present owner, 2001.
Ferrara, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Cento anni di pittura belga, February-April 1970, no. 98.
Tokyo, Yurakucho Art Forum, Belgian Modern Art, November 1988, no. 14 (illustrated in color).
Oostende, Provinciaal Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, René Magritte, June-August 1990, pp. 218 and 282, no. 69 (illustrated in color, p. 219; dated 1964).
Knokke-Le-Zoute, Casino Knokke, Magritte, June-September 2001, p. 127, no. 55 (illustrated in color, p. 77).
R. Passeron, René Magritte, Paris, 1970, p. 47 (illustrated in color; dated 1963).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné: Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, New York, 1993, vol. III, p. 405, no. 1005, (illustrated in color).
R. Hughes, The Portable Magritte, New York, 2002, p. 428 (illustrated in color, p. 399).
D. Sylvester, Magritte, Brussels, 2009, p. 434.
signed ‘Magritte’ (upper right); titled '"La forêt vierge" "La statue volante" "La nouvelle maison" "La statue volante" "La lanterne de so" "La fille de joie"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 39 ½ in. (81.2 x 100.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1964-1965
