Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from a Private Collection, Connecticut
René Magritte
La Folie Almayer
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Connecticut
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
La Folie Almayer
signed Magritte (lower left)
gouache on paper laid down on board
7½ by 5⅝ in.
19.1 by 14.1 cm.
Executed in 1952.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.
Alexander Iolas, New York
Jean and Dominique de Menil, Houston (acquired from the above)
Marie-Christophe de Menil and Robert Thurman (a gift from the above by 1960)
A gift from the above in 1974 to the present owner
Jean and Dominique de Menil, Houston (acquired from the above)
Marie-Christophe de Menil and Robert Thurman (a gift from the above by 1960)
A gift from the above in 1974 to the present owner
Letter from Magritte to Alexander Iolas, 12 October 1952
Letter from Jan-Albert Goris to Magritte, 22 December 1952
David Sylvester, ed., Sarah Whitfield, & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné. Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1329, p. 141, illustrated (erroneously described as lost)
Letter from Jan-Albert Goris to Magritte, 22 December 1952
David Sylvester, ed., Sarah Whitfield, & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné. Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1329, p. 141, illustrated (erroneously described as lost)
Dallas, The Dallas Museum of Contemporary Arts & Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, René Magritte in America, 1960-61, no. 41