René Magritte

Raymond Magritte, Brussels (acquired directly from the artist)

Arlette Magritte, Brussels (acquired by descent from the above)

Christie’s, London, 25 June 2001, lot 42 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 752, p. 176, illustrated

Shibuya, Tokyo Gallery of Art; Toyama, Prefectural Museum of Art and Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum of Art, René Magritte, 1982, no. 28

Paris, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage à Magritte, 1984-85, no. 20