Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property from a Gentleman
René Magritte
Shéhérazade
Auction Closed
November 15, 01:19 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Gentleman
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Shéhérazade
signed magritte (lower right); titled Scheherazade and dated 1950 (on the reverse); dedicated à Stéphy Langui amicalement René Magritte 1954 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
15 ¾ by 11 ⅞ in. 40 by 30 cm.
Executed in 1950.
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私人收藏
雷內・馬格利特
1898 - 1967年
《天方夜譚》
款識：藝術家簽名 magritte（右下）；書題目 Scheherazade 並紀年1950（背面）；題款à Stéphy Langui amicalement René Magritte 1954（內框）
油彩畫布
15 ¾ x 11 ⅞ 英寸；40 x 30 公分
1950年作
Stéphy and Emile Langui, Belgium (acquired as a gift from the artist in 1954 and until the 1990s)
Galerie Cazeau-Béraudière, Paris
Acquired from the above in the early 2000s by the present owner
Galerie Cazeau-Béraudière, Paris
Acquired from the above in the early 2000s by the present owner
Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, p. 100, illustrated in color
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 729, p. 160, illustrated
Siegfried Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, p. 209, illustrated in color
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 729, p. 160, illustrated
Siegfried Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, p. 209, illustrated in color