René Magritte

Morceaux Choisis

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Property from a Prestigious European Collection

René Magritte

1898-1967

Morceaux Choisis

signed Magritte (lower right); titled "MORCEAUX CHOISIS" and dated 1950 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

35,2 x 46,3 cm; 13⅞ x 18¼ in.

Executed in 1950.

Raymond Magritte, Belgium (the artist's brother)

Arlette Magritte, Belgium (by descent from the above)

Private Collection, Europe

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Brussels, Galeries Dietrich and Lou Cosyn, Exposition Magritte, 1951, no. 19

Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte : cent cinquante œuvres ; première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, 1968, no. 94

Tokyo, Tokyo Gallery of Art, Shibuya; Toyama, Prefectural Museum of Art and Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum of Art, René Magritte, 1982, no. 32

Paris, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage à Magritte, 1984-85, no. 22

David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné. Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 734, p. 163, illustrated

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