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La robe de Galatée by René Magritte

René Magritte

La robe de Galatée, 1961

Oil on canvas
64.8 x 49.9 cm (25.51 x 19.65 in)
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (06 May 2009)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 6, 2009
Christie'sNew YorkImpressionist/Modern Evening Sale37
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

64.8 x 49.9 cm (25.51 x 19.65 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled 'Magritte 1961 "La Robe de Galatée"' (on the stretcher)

Provenance

Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist). Renos Xippas, Athens (by descent from the above, 10 January 1983). Galerie Piltzer, Paris. Acquired from the above by the late owner.

Exhibited

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Magritte, June-October 1996, p. 133, no. 46 (illustrated in color). Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, René Magritte: die Kunst Konversation, November 1996-March 1997m p. 110, no. 24. São Paulo, XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, René Magritte, October-December 1998. Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Magritte, May-September 2000, p. 101, no. 31 (illustrated in color).

Literature

D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné: Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes 1949-1967, London, 1993, p. 351, no. 935 (illustrated). Il MONDO, no. 12, 20 march 1998, p. 132 (illustrated in color).