René Magritte

L’Envolée

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My Act, A Parisian Collection

René Magritte

1898 - 1967

L'Envolée

inscribed magritte Bruxelles, 27 mai 1967 (on the reverse)

gouache on paper

37,2 x 34,3 cm; 14⅝ x 13½ in.

Executed in 1963 or 1964.

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

Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf

Private collection, London

Sotheby's, London, 5 April 1989, lot 398 (consigned by the above)

Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989

Düsseldorf, Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Masterpieces of Modern Art, 1969, illustrated in colour on the cover

Basel, Art 20'89 and Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte (1898-1967), 1989

David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte: Catalogue raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1552, p. 267, illustrated (titled Bird with leaf pattern)

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