René Magritte

Harry Torczyner, New York (acquired directly from the artist in May 1961)

Christie’s, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 308 (consigned by the estate of the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Private Collection, New York (acquired by descent from the above)

Christie’s, London, 27 February 2019, lot 102 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner 

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Vision of René Magritte, 1962, no. 90 (dated 1962)

Letter from Magritte to Harry Torczyner, 6 February 1962

Bernard Noël, Magritte, Paris, 1976, p. 71; p. 70, illustrated

Harry Torczyner, René Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 78, pp. 53, 257 and 266, illustrated

Harry Torczyner, L’Ami Magritte: Correspondance et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, p. 40, illustrated in color; p. 206; illustrated 

René Magritte, Magritte/Torczyner: Letters Between Friends, New York, 1994, p. 69, illustrated 

David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and papiers collés, 1918-1967, vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1634, p. 310, illustrated