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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 21, 2025 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Evening Auction | 103 | $****** - ****** | Le Jockey perdu |
paintings
60.3 x 72.4 cm (23.75 x 28.5 in)
oil on canvas
signed Magritte (lower right)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
William N. Copley, Los Angeles, Paris and New York
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above circa 1993-94)
Acquired from the above on 23 November 1994 by the present owner
New York, Albert Landry Galleries, René Magritte in New York: Private Collections , 1961, no. 38
Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte , 1964, n.p., illustrated (dated 1937)
London, The Hayward Gallery; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Houston, The Menil Collection and Art Institute of Chicago, Magritte , 1992-93, no. 85, n.p., illustrated in color
Marcel Marien, Magritte , Brussels, 1943, pl. 1, illustrated in color
L"Echo du Zoute et du Littoral , Brussels, 13 July 1946, p. 3, illustrated
De Roode vaan , Brussels, 27 December 1945, p. 4, illustrated
Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte , Brussels, 1965, pp. 18 and 338; p. 21, illustrated
Suzi Gablik, Magritte , Greenwich, 1970, p. 26 and 196; pl.15, illustrated (dated 1940)
Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images , New York, 1977, no. 63, p. 48, illustrated; p. 266 (dated 1940)
René Magritte, La destination: lettres à Marcel Mariën, 1937-1962 , Brussels, 1977, nos. 46-48, pp. 51-55
Suzi Gablik, Magritte , London, 1985, pp. 23-24, 27 and 200; pl.15, illustrated (dated 1940)
David Sylvester, Magritte: The Silence of the World , New York, 1992, p. 92; p. 93, illustrated in color
Sarah Whitfield; David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings and Objects 1931-1948 , vol. II, London, 1993, no. 504, p. 298, illustrated
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné: Supplement, Exhibitions Lists, Bibliography, Cumulative Index, vol. V, San Francisco, 1997, pp. 26 and 33
Exh. Cat., Paris, Jeu de Paume, Magritte , 2003, p. 132, illustrated in color
Siegfried Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, no. 125, p. 80, illustrated; pp. 81-82
Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary , 2013, pp. 29 and 40
The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Collection
René Magritte
(1898 - 1967)
Le Jockey perdu
signed Magritte (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ by 28 ½ in. 60.3 by 72.4 cm.
Executed in 1942.
