RENÉ MAGRITTE | Composition au bilboquet

Private collection (acquired directly from the artist circa 1959-60)
Sale: Sotheby's, Olympia, October 24, 2001, lot 792
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Boone, Turchin Center for the Arts, The Omnipotent Dream: Man Ray, confluences and influences, 2003, listed in the catalogue p. 35

Executed on cream wove paper taken from a notebook with a perforate edge, not laid down and attached to a piece of card with tape at the upper edge; the piece of card is in turn affixed to the backing board with tape at the upper edge. The sheet is timestained and there are pinholes along the left edge. There are very minor flattened creases in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.