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Property from a Prominent International Collector
René Magritte
Les Yeux bleus
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Prominent International Collector
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Les Yeux bleus
signed Magritte (upper right)
gouache on paper
7⅛ by 5 in.
18 by 12.7 cm.
Executed in 1947.
Georgette Magritte, Brussels (acquired by 1974)
Margaret Krebs, Brussels
Private Collection, Belgium
Sotheby's London, 24 June 2003, lot 245 (consigned by the above)
Galerie Nataf, Paris (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Margaret Krebs, Brussels
Private Collection, Belgium
Sotheby's London, 24 June 2003, lot 245 (consigned by the above)
Galerie Nataf, Paris (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
(possibly) Jean Koenig, "Brussels," Artes, Antwerp, 1947, no. 11-12, p. 37
David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papier Collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1241, p. 92, illustrated
David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papier Collés 1918-1967, vol. IV, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1241, p. 92, illustrated
(possibly) Brussels, Galerie Lou Cosyn, Exposition Magritte, 1947
London, Acoris, Surrealist Masters, 1974, no. 46, illustrated in color
London, Acoris, Surrealist Masters, 1974, no. 46, illustrated in color