Lot 159
  • 159

René Magritte

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • René Magritte
  • LA VIE PRIVÉE
  • signed Magritte (lower left)
  • gouache and pen and ink on paper
  • 21.1 by 15.5cm., 8 1/4 by 6 1/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

David Sylvester (ed.), René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, 1931-1948, London, 1993, vol. II, illustrated p. 368

Condition

Executed on cream wover paper, laid down onto a board. There is mount staining along the edges, not visible when framed, and a tiny indentation to the left of the lower edge. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition.
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