Property of an Important Patron of the Arts
René Magritte
L'Esprit du voyageur
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of an Important Patron of the Arts
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L'Esprit du voyageur
signed Magritte (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 ½ by 29 ⅞ in.
65 by 75.5 cm.
Executed in 1926.
Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels
Edouard-Léon-Théodore Mesens, Brussels (acquired from the above in 1932)
Brook Street Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1966)
Galerie Arta, Geneva
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 11 May 1988, lot 368 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's, London, 3 December 1996, lot 212
Private Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above)
Christie's, London, 9 February 2011, lot 118
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Edouard-Léon-Théodore Mesens, Brussels (acquired from the above in 1932)
Brook Street Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1966)
Galerie Arta, Geneva
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 11 May 1988, lot 368 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's, London, 3 December 1996, lot 212
Private Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above)
Christie's, London, 9 February 2011, lot 118
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Exposition Magritte, 1927, no. 33
David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, Vol. I: Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, London 1992, no. 98, p. 181, illustrated
David Sylvester, Magritte, London 1992, p. 96, illustrated in color
David Sylvester, Magritte, London 1992, p. 96, illustrated in color
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