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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Lot 866

RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

Portrait du Commandant Marius Delsaux

Closed11 November 2023

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USD 40,000–60,000

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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Portrait du Commandant Marius Delsaux
signed and dated 'R Magritte 1923' (upper right)
oil on canvas
21 ¾ x 15 ¾ in. (55 x 40 cm.)
Painted in 1923

Marius Delsaux, Belgium (gift from the artist, 1923).
Private collection (by descent from the above); sale, Millon & Associés, Paris, 30 June 2021, lot 133.
Acquired by the present owner, 2021.

Specialist note

René Magritte spent part of his military service in Camp Beverlo, near Bourg-Léopold, where Commanding Officer Marius Delsaux was also posted shortly after World War I. It is believed that this is where the two met. The present work was gifted to Marius Delsaux to thank him for some permissions granted during the artist’s military service a few years prior.