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Property of a Gentleman

René Magritte

Les Adieux

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Gentleman

René Magritte

1898 - 1967


Les Adieux

signed Magritte (upper left)

oil on canvas

19 ¾ by 23 ½ in.

50 by 59.8 cm.

Executed in 1943.

Camille Goemens, Brussels (acquired by 1947)
Galerie Robert Finck, Brussels (acquired by 1961)
Private Collection, Modena
Acquired from the above in 2016 by the present owner
(possibly) Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, Exposition René Magritte, 1944 
Société royale des Beaux-Arts de Verviers, René Magritte, 1947, no. 12
Bruxelles, Galerie Robert Finck, Exposition de peinture belge moderne, 1961, no. 42, illustrated
René Magritte, La Destination, Lettres à Marcel Mariën, Bruxelles 1977, no. 61, p. 65
Harry Torczyner, René Magritte: Ideas and Images, Paris 1977, no. 404, n.p., illustrated 
Harry Torczyner, René Magritte: signes et images, Paris 1982, no. 385, p. 188, illustrated
David Sylvester, René Magritte. Catalogue raisonné. Oil Paintings and Objects 1931-1948, vol. II, Anvers 1993, no. 540,  p. 322, illustrated