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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Oct 18, 2024 | Sotheby's | Paris | Surrealism and its Legacy | 2 | $****** - ****** | Minotaure (Projet de couverture) |
Works on Paper
32.1 x 58.1 cm (12.63 x 22.88 in)
gouache on paper
signed Magritte (lower right)
Albert Skira, Geneva (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner
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Albert Skira, Geneva (acquis directement auprès de l"artiste)
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel
Geneva, Musée Rath and Paris, Musée d"Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Regards sur Minotaure: la revue à la tête de bête , 1987 - 1988, no. 166, p. 269, illustrated in colour p. 12
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Genève, Musée Rath et Paris, Musée d"Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Regards sur Minotaure: la revue à la tête de bête , 1987 - 1988, no. 166, p. 269, reproduit en couleur p. 12
Le Minotaure, no. 10, Paris, 1937, illustrated in colour on the cover
Letter from Paul Eluard to Magritte, 1937 - 1938, transcribed in Louis Scrutenaire, René Magritte , 1947, Brussels, pp. 31-32
Marcel Jean & Arpad Mezei, Histoire de la pensée Surréaliste , Paris, 1959, p. 376, illustrated p. 241 (erroneously dated 1936)
Louis Scrutenaire, Avec Magritte , Paris, 1977, illustrated p. 30
David Sylvester & Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné , vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1132, p. 27, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Geneva, Musée d"Art et d"Histoire Genève, Cabinet des estampes, Chants exploratoires : Minotaure , 2008, no. 64, p. 103, illustrated in colour pp. 8 & 12
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Le Minotaure , no. 10, Paris, 1937, reproduit en couleur sur la couverture
Lettre de Paul Eluard à Magritte, 1937 - 1938, retranscrit dans Louis Scrutenaire, René Magritte , 1947, Bruxelles, pp. 31-32
Marcel Jean & Arpad Mezei, Histoire de la pensée Surréaliste , Paris, 1959, p. 376, reproduit p. 241 (erronément daté 1936)
Louis Scrutenaire, Avec Magritte , Paris, 1977, reproduit p. 30
David Sylvester & Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné , vol. IV, Londres, 1994, no. 1132, p. 27, reproduit
Cat. Expo., Genève, Musée d"Art et d"Histoire Genève, Cabinet des estampes, Chants exploratoires : Minotaure , 2008, no. 64, p. 103, reproduit en couleur pp. 8 & 12
PROPERTY FROM THE FORMER COLLECTION OF ALBERT SKIRA
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Minotaure (Projet de couverture)
signed Magritte (lower right)
gouache on paper
32 x 58 cm; 12⅝ x 22⅞ in.
Executed in 1937.
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PROVENANT DE L"ANCIENNE COLLECTION D"ALBERT SKIRA
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Minotaure (Projet de couverture)
signé Magritte (en bas à droite)
gouache sur papier
32 x 58 cm; 12⅝ x 22⅞ in.
Exécuté en 1937.
