RENÉ MAGRITTE | Dessin sans titre (Etude pour L'Embellie)

François Deknop, Brussels (acquired directly from the artist)
Private collection, Belgium

It has not been possible to see the work out of the frame. Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, floating in its frame, affixed to the backing framing glass in two small points with tape on the reverse to the upper left and lower right corner. The upper edge is deckled. There are a few flattened creases to all four corners. The sheet is light stained with a few scattered dots of foxing, notably to the lower left corner (as visible in the catalogue illustration). This work is in overall very good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.