Property from the Collection of Polly Rubin
René Magritte
Le Compotier
Session begins in
May 20, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Bid
700,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Polly Rubin
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le Compotier
signed Magritte (lower left); signed Magritte, titled and dated 1958 (on the verso)
gouache on paper
9 ½ by 7 ½ in.
24.1 by 19.1 cm.
Executed in 1958.
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Bodley Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in January 1959)
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Notkins, New York (acquired from the above on 10 December 1959)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
New York, Bodley Gallery, Magritte: Paintings, Gouaches, Collages, Drawings, 1962, no. 16
Letter from René Magritte to Alexander Iolas, 12 November 1958
David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, eds., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1450, p. 211, illustrated
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