Live Auction 7953Impressionist/ModernWorks on Paper
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Lot 209 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 

René Magritte (1898-1967)

L'usage de la parole

Closed10 February 2011

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GBP 25,000

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René Magritte (1898-1967)
L'usage de la parole
inscribed 'fusil, nuage, horizon, cheval, chaussée' (within the composition)
brush and India ink on paper
3¾ x 5 5/8 in. (9.4 x 14.1 cm.); shaped
Executed circa 1929

P.G. van Hecke.
André de Rache.
John Armbruster, Brussels.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.

Specialist note

This drawing is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Magritte.

This drawing is related to the oil L'espoir rapide, 1927 (Sylvester no. 191, Kunsthalle, Hamburg) and L'apparition, 1928 (Sylvester no. 220; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).