Live Auction 2164Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale
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Lot 37 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Rene Magritte (1898-1967)

La robe de Galatée

Closed6 May 2009

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USD 1,762,500

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Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
La robe de Galatée
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled 'Magritte 1961 "La Robe de Galatée"' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25½ x 19 5/8 in. (64.8 x 49.9 cm.)
Painted in 1961

Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist).
Renos Xippas, Athens (by descent from the above, 10 January 1983).
Galerie Piltzer, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner.