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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 2, 2022 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 114 | Estimates not disclosed | L’empire des lumières |
paintings
114.5 x 146 cm (45.08 x 57.48 in)
oil on canvas
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte and titled on the reverse
Acquired from the artist in 1961
L'Aquila, Castello Spagnolo, Alternative attuali 2, rassegna internazionale di pittura - scultura - grafica: Omaggio a Magritte: opere 1920-1963 , 1965, illustrated in the catalogue (titled L'Empire des Lumières (version III) )
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Tricentenaire de la ville de Charleroi: peintres et sculpteurs , 1966, no. 82
Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Magritte , 1998, no. 209, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Magritte , 1998-99, no. 32, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Santiago, Museo Nacional Bellas Artes, René Magritte, Paul Nougé, Subversión de las imágenes , 1999, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Art & San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, Magritte , 1999-2000, no. 71 (Humlebæk & Edinburgh), exhibition catalogue published in Louisiana Revy , vol. 39, no. 3, August 1999, a detail illustrated in colour on the cover, no. 59 (San Francisco), a detail illustrated in colour on the cover & illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Magritte: La storia centrale , 2001, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Magritte , 2003, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Vienna, BA-CA Kunstforum & Basel, Fondation Beyeler, René Magritte. Der Schlüssel der Träume , 2005, no. 89, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Como, Villa Olmo, René Magritte, l'impero delle luci , 2006, a detail illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, René Magritte:Empire of Dreams, 2006-07, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Magritte, Il Mistero della natura , 2008-09, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Brussels, Musée Magritte (on loan 2009-2020)
Letter from Magritte to Torczyner, 6th February 1961
Letter from Magritte to Torczyner, 10th April 1961
A.M. Hammacher, René Magritte , New York, 1973, no. 25, illustrated p. 24 (titled L'Empire des lumières VII )
Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images , New York, 1977, no. 383, illustrated p. 178
Harry Torczyner, L'Ami Magritte. Correspondance et souvenirs , Antwerp, 1992, letters nos. 181 & 185
David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné . Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1946-1967 , London, 1993, vol. III, no. 929, illustrated p. 344
Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque, Magritte in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels , Ghent, 2005, illustrated in colour p. 64
Robert Hughes, The Portable Magritte , New York, 2006, illustrated in colour p. 367
Michel Draguet, Magritte: His Work, His Museum , Paris, 2009, illustrated in colour p. 202
Property from The Gillion Crowet Collection
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L'empire des lumières
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte and titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
114.5 by 146cm., 45 by 57½in.
Painted in 1961.
