Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
By Land and By Sea: The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
René Magritte
Le Monde poétique
Auction Closed
May 18, 01:03 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
By Land and By Sea: The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le Monde poétique
signed Magritte (lower right); signed again and titled (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
38 ⅝ by 29 ⅛ in. 98.2 by 74 cm.
Executed in 1926.
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水陸相連：Paul Yeou Chichong 藝術收藏
雷內・馬格利特
1898 - 1967年
《詩意世界》
款識：藝術家簽名Magritte（右下）；再次簽名並書題目（內框）
油彩畫布
38 ⅝ x 29 ⅛ 英寸；98.2 x 74 公分
1926年作
Please note there is an Irrevocable Bid on this lot.
(probably) Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels and London (probably acquired from the liquidation sale of the above circa 1932-33)
Marck Henrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above in the late 1950s)
Renée Lachowsky, Brussels (acquired by 1967)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Galleria il Fauno, Turin
Condotti 75 (Maria Laura Drudi Gambillo), Rome
Galleria Paolo Sprovieri, Rome (acquired by 1986)
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1989, lot 69 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels and London (probably acquired from the liquidation sale of the above circa 1932-33)
Marck Henrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above in the late 1950s)
Renée Lachowsky, Brussels (acquired by 1967)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Galleria il Fauno, Turin
Condotti 75 (Maria Laura Drudi Gambillo), Rome
Galleria Paolo Sprovieri, Rome (acquired by 1986)
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1989, lot 69 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte. Catalogue Raisonné. Oil Paintings: 1916-1930, vol. I, London, 1992, no. 107, p. 187, illustrated