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Le mois des vendanges by René Magritte

René Magritte

Le mois des vendanges, 1959

Oil on canvas
130.2 x 160 cm (51.25 x 63 in)
Paintings
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (23 Mar 2021)
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Mar 23, 2021
Christie'sLondonThe Art of the Surreal107
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

130.2 x 160 cm (51.25 x 63 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Provenance

Alexander Iolas, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist in February 1960.

Jean Larcade [Galerie Rive Droite, Paris], by whom (probably) acquired from the above in 1960, his sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 14 June 1963, lot 45.

Claude Hersaint, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Rive Droite, René Magritte, February - March 1960, no. 10.

Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Rene Magritte, June - October 1987, no. 93, p. 201 (illustrated).

Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, Magritte, August - October 1998, p. 51 (illustrated fig. 35), this exhibition later travelled to Moscow, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, November 1998 - January 1999.

Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Magritte, February - June 2003 (illustrated p. 202).

Basel, Fondation Beyeler, René Magritte: The Key to Dreams, August - November 2005, no. 83, pp. 40, 158 &, 201 (illustrated pp. 41 &, 159).

Literature

Letter from Magritte to Alexander Iolas, 17 January 1959.

Letter from Alexander Iolas to Magritte, 8 March 1959.

Letter from Magritte to Harry Torczyner, 11 May 1959, in H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte. Correspondence et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, no. 99, pp. 122-123 (illustrated p. 123).

Letter from Magritte to Alexander Iolas, 12 May 1959.

Letter from Magritte to Alexander Iolas, 28 December 1959 (?).

Anonymous, ‘Les énigmes de Magritte valent aujourd’hui de l’or’, in Paris Match, no. 572, Paris, 26 March 1960 (illustrated).

L. Scutenaire, ‘L’œuvre peinte de René Magritte’, in Savoir et Beauté, 41, no. 2-3, 1961, p. 2418.

Jardin des arts, no. 87, Paris, February 1962, p. 92 (illustrated).

P. Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, p. 348 (illustrated p. 203).

Letter from Harry Torczyner to Magritte, 2 June 1965, in H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte. Correspondence et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, no. 380, p. 309 (illustrated).

H. Janne, Le syste'me social. Essai de the´orie ge´ne´rale, Brussels, 1968 (detail illustrated on the cover).

Exh. cat. Magritte, London, Tate Gallery, 1969, p. 110 (illustrated).

J. Saucet &, R. Passeron, René Magritte, La septième face du dé, Paris, 1970, p. 41 (illustrated).

J. Ache, 'Alice au pays des surréalistes', in Pilote, col. 58, no. 700, April 1973, p. 38 (illustrated).

A. Robbe-Grillet, René Magritte. La belle captive, Brussels, 1975, p. 155 (illustrated p. 80).

A. Akoun, Les Dieux dans la cuisine. Vingt ans de philosophie en France, Paris, 1978 (detail illustrated on the cover).

Exh. cat. Rétrospective Magritte, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1978, p. 49 (illustrated fig. 3).

Le Figaro Magazine, no. 4, Paris, 28 October 1978 (detail illustrated on the cover).

H. Torczyner, Magritte: The True Art of Painting, London, 1979, no. 179, p. 124 (illustrated).

G. Roque, Ceci n’est pas un Magritte: essai sur Magritte et la publicité, Paris, 1983, no. 181, p. 196 (illustrated pp. 148-149).

J. Pierre, Magritte, Paris, 1984, p. 140 (illustrated p. 89).

Exh. cat. Rétrospective Magritte, dans les collections privées, Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, 1988, p. 36 (illustrated in the background of a still from the film 'Magritte ou La Leçon de choses' by Luc de Heusch, 1959).

Letter from Raymond Queneau to André Blavier, 19 June 1963, in R. Queneau &, A. Blavier, Lettres croisées 1949-1976, Brussels, 1988, no. 266, p. 222 (as ‘Le Temps des Vendanges').

J. Meuris, René Magritte, New York, 1990, no. 223, p. 151 (illustrated).

J. Meuris, René Magritte, Cologne, 1990, pp. 106-107 (illustrated).

D. Sylvester, Magritte, Brussels, 1992, p. 381 (illustrated p. 382).

D. Sylvester (ed.), S. Whitfield &, M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, Antwerp, 1993, no. 903, pp. 314-315 (illustrated).

R. Magritte, A. Blavier (ed.), Ecrits complets, Paris, 2001, no. 148 (Dialogue from the film by Luc de Heusch, 1959), p. 497.

S. Gohr, Magritte, Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, no. 9, p. 13 (illustrated).

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CLAUDE HERSAINT