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Le Séducteur by René Magritte

Le Séducteur, 1951

Oil on canvas
50.2 x 60 cm (19.75 x 23.63 in)
Paintings
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (16 May 2024)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 16, 2024
Christie'sNew York20th Century Evening Sale31B
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Le Séducteur
Jun 22, 1993
Sotheby'sLondonImpressionist & Modern Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture - Part I74
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Le Seducteur III
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

50.2 x 60 cm (19.75 x 23.63 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

signed "Magritte" (upper right); dated, titled and numbered "LE SÉDUCTEUR" (III) 1951" (on the reverse)

Provenance

Jean Bourjou, Brussels (acquired from the artist, probably in 1951, until at least 1968).

Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (acquired from the above, circa early 1980s).

Samir Traboulsi, Paris (acquired from the above).

Anon. sale, Sotheby"s, London, 22 June 1993, lot 74.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Brussels, Galeries Dietrich and Lou Cosyn, Magritte , April 1951, no. 13.

Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte: Cent cinquante œ uvres , January-February 1968, no. 95.

(possibly) Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte , March-May 1979, no. 46.

Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte , February-April 1984, no. 16.

London, The Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Houston, The Menil Collection, Magritte , May 1992-May 1993, no. 104 (illustrated in color).

Literature

J. Meuris, Magritte , Paris, 1988, p. 145, no. 217 (illustrated in color; dated 1953 and with incorrect dimensions).

D. Sylvester and S. Whitfield, René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967 , London, 1993, vol. III, p. 178, no. 755 (illustrated).

Description

RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Magritte, R.

Le Séducteur

signed "Magritte" (upper right); dated, titled and numbered "LE SÉDUCTEUR" (III) 1951" (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

19 ¾ x 23 5/8 in. (49.4 x 60 cm.)

Painted in 1951