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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 3, 2016 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal | 102 | $****** - ****** | La belle au bois dormant |
Works on Paper
60 x 40 cm (23.63 x 15.75 in)
gouache on paper
Léontine Hoyez-Berger, Brussels (the artist's sister-law), a gift from the artist.
Georgette Magritte, Brussels (the artist's wife), by descent from the above.
Acquired by the parents of the present owner before 1983.
Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, Magritte, November - December 1946, no. 18.<br>Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte: cent-cinquante oeuvres; première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, January - February 1968, no. 136.<br>Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Rétrospective René Magritte, May - July 1971, no. 101, p. 153 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, National Museum of Western Art, July - September 1971.<br>Paris, Grand Palais, FIAC, Galerie Isy Brachot stand, Magritte, October 1977, no. 11.<br>Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte 1898-1967, January - March 1979, no. 12.<br>Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte 1898-1967, March - May 1979, no. 12.<br>Tokyo Galerie des Arts de Tokyo, René Magritte, August - September 1982, no. 63, this exhibition later travelled to Toyama, Musée d'Art de la Préfecture, October 1982; and Kumamoto, Musée d'Art de la Préfecture, October - December 1982.<br>
R. Magritte, Titres, 1946.<br>Letter from René Magritte to Pierre Andrieu, autumn 1946.<br>Letter from René Magritte to Pierre Andrieu, 20 December 1946.<br>D. Sylvester, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1212, pp. 74-75 (illustrated).<br>
