Property of a Private Collector
René Magritte
Le violoniste
Auction Closed
June 28, 12:29 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Collector
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le violoniste
signed René Magritte and dated 1920 (lower right)
oil on canvas
100.2 by 65 cm. 39½ by 25⅝ in.
Framed: 127.5 by 92.5 cm. 50¼ by 36⅜ in.
Executed in 1920.
Gaston Pelouse (acquired directly from the artist)
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris (acquired by 1978)
Sotheby's London, 6 December 1979, lot 568 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Rétrospective Magritte, 1978-79, no. 1, illustrated
David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, London, 1992, no. 11, p. 128, illustrated
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