Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection Day Auction

René Magritte

L'Histoire centrale

Guaranteed PropertyArtist's Resale Right

Auction Closed

September 18, 06:19 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

René Magritte

1898 - 1967

L'Histoire centrale

signed Magritte (lower right); titled (lower left)

brush and pen and ink on paper

46.5 by 32.6 cm. 18¼ by 12⅞ in.

Executed in 1928.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.

E. L. T. Mesens, Brussels

Galerie Pierre, Paris

Bodley Gallery, New York

Sotheby’s, London, 3 December 1980, lot 158A

Alexander Iolas, London (acquired from the above sale)

Acquired from the above in 1980 by the present owner

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Vaclav Spala

Still life of daffodils and tulips

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Édouard Vuillard

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Paula Modersohn-Becker

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Lyonel Feininger

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