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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 6, 2020 | Christie's | London | The Art Of The Surreal Evening Sale | 32 | $****** - ****** | A la rencontre du plaisir |
paintings
46 x 54.9 cm (18.13 x 21.63 in)
oil on canvas
signed ‘Magritte’ (upper right); inscribed ‘"À LA RENCONTRE DU PLAISIR"’ (on the reverse)
Private collection, Brussels, by whom acquired directly from the artist in July 1962, and thence by descent.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte, cent cinquante œuvres, première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, January - February 1968, no. 97 (titled 'A la recherche du plaisir').
Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, René Magritte, October 1983 – January 1984, no. 96; this exhibition later travelled to Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, January – March 1984, no. 80.
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, René Magritte, June – October 1987, no. 94 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, November 1987 – February 1988, no. 122 (illustrated).
Ostend, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Van Ensor tot Delvaux, October 1996 - February 1997, p. 323 (illustrated).
Barcelona, Fundacio´n Joan Miro´, Exposition René Magritte, November 1998 - February 1999, no. 31, p. 179 (illustrated p. 108).
Liverpool, Tate Gallery, René Magritte, The Pleasure Principle, June – October 2011, p. 24 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Albertina, November 2011 – February 2012.
Helsinki, Amos Rex, Magritte – Life Line, February – May 2019.
J. Meuris, Magritte, New York, 1990, no. 9, p. 7 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, Antwerp, 1993, no. 946, p. 361 (illustrated).
signed ‘Magritte’ (upper right), inscribed ‘"À LA RENCONTRE DU PLAISIR"’ (on the reverse)
