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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2019 | Christie's | London | The Art Of The Surreal Evening Sale | 105 | $****** - ****** | Le pain quotidien |
paintings
91.8 x 69.8 cm (36.13 x 27.5 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
Jan Van Haelen, Brussels, by 1943, and whom acquired directly from the artist, and from whom stolen in 1968.
Jake & Nancy B. Hamon, Dallas, by the early 1970s.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, a gift from the above, in 2016.
Restituted to the heirs of Jan Van Haelen from the above, in 2018.
Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, I Bienal, October - December 1951, no. 21, p. 111.
La Louvière, Maison des Loisirs, René Magritte expose, March - April 1954, no. 16.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, May - June 1954, no. 66 (with incorrect dimensions).
Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, XXXme Salon, March 1956, no. 72, n.p. (with incorrect dimensions).
Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Magritte, April - May 1959, no. 54 (with incorrect dimensions).
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Magritte, October - November 1960, no. 28, p. 11 (with inverted dimensions).
Knokke, Casino Communal, XVe festival belge d'été: L'oeuvre de René Magritte, July - August 1962, no. 64, p. 46 (with incorrect dimensions).
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Impressionist and Modern Masters in Dallas: Monet to Mondrian, September - October 1989, no. 49, p. 73 (illustrated pl. 49, p. 70).
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern, November 2009 - March 2010, no. 110, pp. 430 & 432-433 (illustrated p. 443).
P. Nougé, René Magritte ou les images défendues, Brussels, 1943, n.p. (illustrated pl. 43).
P. Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, pp. 175, 179 & 347 (illustrated p. 177; with incorrect dimensions).
'Rene Magritte', in Bulletin des Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, nos. 1-2, Brussels, 1968, no. 9 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, Antwerp, 1993, no. 497, p. 294 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
signed 'Magritte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (91.6 x 69.8 cm.)
Painted in 1942
