Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Pillars of Modernism: Property from a Private European Collection
René Magritte
Le Duo
Auction Closed
May 17, 12:56 AM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pillars of Modernism: Property from a Private European Collection
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le Duo
signed Magritte (upper left); titled "Le Duo" (on the lower turnover edge)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ by 21 ¼ in. 73 by 54 cm.
Executed in 1928.
(probably) Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels and London (probably acquired from the above circa 1932-33)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s, London, 4 April 1990, lot 341(consigned by the above)
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in the early 1990s)
Thence by descent to the present owner
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels and London (probably acquired from the above circa 1932-33)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s, London, 4 April 1990, lot 341(consigned by the above)
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in the early 1990s)
Thence by descent to the present owner
David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, London, 1992, no. 221, p. 274, illustrated
Antwerp, Stejelijke Feestzaal-Meir, Kunst van Heden: Salon 1956, 1956, no. 105 or 261
Knokke-le Zoute, Casino Communal, L’Oeuvre de René Magritte, 1962, no. 28
Knokke-le Zoute, Casino Communal, L’Oeuvre de René Magritte, 1962, no. 28