René Magritte Belgian, 1898-1967
Provenance
• Collection ELT Mesens, Brussels, (purchased in 1932-33).
• Sotheby’s New-York, Mai 2, 1974.
• Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, (purchased at the sale above).
• Collection Charles Byron.
• Galerie Brachot, (purchased to Byron around 1989).
• Private Collection, Belgium (purchased in 1990).
• Christie’s London, February 2, 2010, lot 109.
• Private Collection, Belgium (purchased in 2014).
• Collection Galerie Retelet, Monaco (purchased in 2022).
Exhibitions
• New-York, M. Knoedler & Co., Surrealism in Arts, 5 février-6 Mars 1975.
• Tokyo Isetan Museum, Surrealism, février-septembre 1983, n°44.
• Bruxelles, Musée Magritte, exposition permanente depuis 2014.
• Lugano, Museum d’arte della svizzera, Magritte : Life line, 16 september - 6 january 2019.
Literature
• D. Sylvester, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, Anvers, Fonds Mercator, 1993, vol. I, p.253, n°193.
• X. Canonne, J. Waseige, G. Comis, Magritte: Life Line, Milano, Skira, 2018, p. 91.