The Mo Ostin Collection Evening Auction
The Mo Ostin Collection Evening Auction
René Magritte
L'Empire des lumières
Auction Closed
May 16, 10:59 PM GMT
Estimate
35,000,000 - 55,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L'Empire des lumières
signed (lower right); titled "L'Empire des lumières," numbered III and dated 1951 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 ⅝ by 25 ⅞ in. 80.3 by 65.7 cm.
Executed in August—September 1951.
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雷內·馬格利特
1898 – 1967年
《光之帝國》 款識︰藝術家簽名（右下）；書題目L'Empire des lumières,、標號 III
並紀年 1951（背面）
油彩畫布
31 ⅝ x 25 ⅞ 英寸；80.3 x 65.7 公分
1951年8月至9月作
Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist)
William Alexander, New York (probably acquired from the above)
David Geffen, Los Angeles (acquired from the above through Pace Gallery in 1979)
Acquired from the above in 1979 by the present owner
William Alexander, New York (probably acquired from the above)
David Geffen, Los Angeles (acquired from the above through Pace Gallery in 1979)
Acquired from the above in 1979 by the present owner
Letter from Magritte to Iolas, 14 August 1951
"Surrealism with a Smile," Time Magazine, vol. LXI, no. 11, 16 March 1953, p. 77, illustrated in color
Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, 1977, no. 385, p. 179, illustrated
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 768, p. 187, illustrated
"Surrealism with a Smile," Time Magazine, vol. LXI, no. 11, 16 March 1953, p. 77, illustrated in color
Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images, 1977, no. 385, p. 179, illustrated
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 768, p. 187, illustrated
New York, Iolas Gallery, René Magritte, 1953
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, 1979, n.n.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, 1979, n.n.