RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967) Dessin pour "Le sac à malice"
signed 'Magritte' (upper left)
ballpoint pen on paper
11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (30.2 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1964
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967) Dessin pour "Le sac à malice"
signed 'Magritte' (upper left)
ballpoint pen on paper
11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (30.2 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1964
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York. Hanover Gallery, London. M. Jean Yves Mock, Paris; sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 347. Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Pierre-Bergé & Associés, Paris, 12 December 2013, lot 13. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
D. Sylvester (ed.), S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, Fig. C, p. 225 (illustrated).
London, Hanover Gallery, Contrasts, July - August 1967, no. 35 (illustrated; titled 'Object' and dated '1966'). London, Hanover Gallery, Pen, Pencil & Paper, June - July 1970 (illustrated; dated '1966').
The Comité Magritte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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