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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Oct 26, 2021 | Sotheby's | Paris | Modernités | 6 | $****** - ****** | L'art de la conversation |
paintings
48.4 x 60.2 cm (19.06 x 23.7 in)
oil on canvas
signed Magritte (lower left); titled "L'ART DE LA CONVERSATION" , numbered (II) and dated 1950 (on the reverse)
Alexander Iolas, Paris (consigned by the artist from January 1951 to August 1952)
René Magritte, Belgium (from August 1952 to February 1958)
Harry Torczyner, New York (acquired from the artist in February 1958)
Peter de Maerel, New York (acquired from the above)
Private collection, Philadelphia (by 1993)
Private collection, Antwerp
Private collection, Brussels (acquired from the above)
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Alexander Iolas, Paris (consigné par l'artiste entre janvier 1951 et août 1952)
René Magritte, Belgique (entre août 1952 et février 1958)
Harry Torczyner, New York (acquis auprès de l'artiste en février 1958)
Peter de Maerel, New York (acquis auprès du précédent)
Collection particulière, Philadelphie (en 1993)
Collection particulière, Anvers
Collection particulière, Bruxelles (acquis auprès du précédent)
Letter from Magritte to Iolas, 26th October 1950
Letter from Magritte to Iolas, 18th April 1951
Letter from Magritte to Gaston Puel, 13th November 1953, in René Magritte, Ecrits complets , Paris, 1979, mentioned p. 327
Letter from Magritte to Iolas, 13th January 1954
Receipt from Magritte to Torczyner, 22 February 1958
The Saturday Book , London, no. 19, 1959, p. 279
René Magritte, "Lettres à Paul Nougé", in Le Fait accompli , Brussels, November 1974, no. 127-129, np.
Harry Torczyner, René Magritte. Signes et images , Paris, 1977, no. 422, illustrated p. 200
David Sylvester & Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné III: Oil Paintings and Objects 1949-1967 , Antwerp, 1993, no. 744, illustrated p. 170
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Lettre de Magritte à Iolas, 26 octobre 1950
Lettre de Magritte à Iolas, 18 avril 1951
Lettre de Magritte à Gaston Puel, 13 novembre 1953, in René Magritte, Ecrits complets , Paris, 1979, mentionné p. 327
Lettre de Magritte à Iolas, 13 janvier 1954
Reçu de Magritte à Torczyner, 22 février 1958
The Saturday Book , Londres, no. 19, 1959, p. 279
René Magritte, "Lettres à Paul Nougé", in Le Fait accompli , Bruxelles, novembre 1974, Bruxelles, no. 127-129, np.
Harry Torczyner, René Magritte. Signes et images , Paris, 1977, no. 422, reproduit p. 200
David Sylvester & Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné III: Oil Paintings and Objects 1949-1967 , Anvers, 1993, no. 744, reproduit p. 170
Property from a Private Belgian Collection
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L'art de la conversation
signed Magritte (lower left); titled "L'ART DE LA CONVERSATION" , numbered (II) and dated 1950 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48,4 x 60,2 cm; 19 x 23¾ in.
Painted in 1950.
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Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Belge
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L'art de la conversation
signé Magritte (en bas à gauche); titré "L'ART DE LA CONVERSATION" , numéroté (II) et daté 1950 (au dos)
huile sur toile
48,4 x 60,2 cm; 19 x 23¾ in.
Peint en 1950.
