René Magritte

Les Travaux d'Alexandre

Monumental Item

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

René Magritte

1898 - 1967

Les Travaux d'Alexandre

inscribed with artist's signature, dated 1967, numbered 2/5 and further inscribed Galleria Iolas; stamped with the foundry mark Fonderia Artistica Gi-Bi Esse Verona Italy

bronze

height: 27 in.

68.6 cm.

Conceived in 1967; this example executed in 1967 as number 2 from an edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof.

Brooks Jackson Iolas Gallery, New York

William Copley, New York

Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc. New York, 5 November 1979, lot 26 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte: Cent-cinquante oeuvres; Première vue mondiale de ses sculptures, 1968, no. 5, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., London, Hanover Gallery, The 8 Sculptures of Magritte, 1968, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Paris, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Paris, The 8 Sculptures of Magritte, 1969, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Gimpel and Hanover Gallery, The 8 Sculptures of Magritte, 1972, illustration of another cast
A.M. Hammacher, René Magritte, New York, 1973, fig. 68, p. 56, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Secret Affinities: Words and Images by René Magritte, 1976-1977, illustration of another cast
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, Greenwich, 1970, no. 157, p. 181, illustration of another cast
Harry Torczyzner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 173, p. 109, illustration of another cast
David Sylvester (ed.), Sarah Whitfield & Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné. Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1946-1967, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 1090, p. 462, illustration of another cast