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Property from an Important Canadian Collection

René Magritte

L'Imprudent

Auction Closed

May 18, 01:03 AM GMT

Estimate

4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Canadian Collection

René Magritte

1898 - 1967

L'Imprudent


signed Magritte (upper left)

oil on canvas

39 ¼ by 28 ½ in. 99.6 by 72.4 cm.

Executed in 1927. 


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重要加拿大收藏

雷內・馬格利特

1898 - 1967年

《魯莽之人》


款識:藝術家簽名Magritte(左上)

油彩畫布

39 ¼ x 28 ½ 英寸;99.6 x 72.4 公分

1927年作

Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago
Harry G. Sundheim Jr., Chicago (acquired from the above in 1960)
Marlborough Fine Art, London (acquired by 1973)
Acquired from the above in 1975 by the present owner
Letter from Magritte to Sundheim, 18 Oct 1960
Suzi Gablik, "Meta-trompe-l'oeil," Art News, New York, vol. 64, March 1965, p. 47
Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, p. 209, illustrated
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1970, pp. 142-43
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1985, p. 158, illustrated
Silvan Levy, "René Magritte and the Window Display," Artscribe, London, no. 28, March 1981, p. 24
David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930, vol. I, Antwerp, 1992, no. 139, illustrated p. 211 
Patrick Roegiers, Magritte et la photographie, Brussels, 2005, p. 39, illustrated in color