Lot Essay
It has been suggested that the verso of this work was exhibited in Antwerp, Feestzaal van het Atheneum, 2de Kongres voor Moderne Kunst re Antwerpen, January 1922, no. 26.
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Portrait (Autoportrait) (recto)
Details
Ren Magritte (1898-1967)
Portrait (Autoportrait) (recto)
signed and dated 'Ren Magritte 1923' (lower right)
oil on board
17 x 14in. (43.1 x 35.5cm.)
Painted in 1923
Femme au piano (Georgette au piano) (verso)
oil on board
17 x 14 in. (43.1 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in 1921
Portrait (Autoportrait) (recto)
signed and dated 'Ren Magritte 1923' (lower right)
oil on board
17 x 14in. (43.1 x 35.5cm.)
Painted in 1923
Femme au piano (Georgette au piano) (verso)
oil on board
17 x 14 in. (43.1 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in 1921
Provenance
Anon. sale, Galerie de Paris, Brussels, 24 May 1975
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 30 June 1980, lot 73 (15,000)
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels and Paris
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 30 June 1980, lot 73 (15,000)
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels and Paris
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners
Literature
H. Torczyner & B. Bessard, Ren Magritte: Signes et Images, Paris 1977, p. 196.
S. Levy, 'Ren Magritte and Window Display', Artscribe, no. 28, London 31 March 1981, p. 24.
D. Sylverster & S. Whitfield, Ren Magritte: Catalogue Raisonn, I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930, New York 1992, no. 26 (verso illustrated p. 137), and no. 46 (recto illustrated p. 148).
S. Levy, 'Ren Magritte and Window Display', Artscribe, no. 28, London 31 March 1981, p. 24.
D. Sylverster & S. Whitfield, Ren Magritte: Catalogue Raisonn, I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930, New York 1992, no. 26 (verso illustrated p. 137), and no. 46 (recto illustrated p. 148).
Exhibited
The verso was probably exhibited in Antwerp, Feestzaal van het Atheneum, 2de Kongres voor Moderne Kunst te Antwerpen, January 1922, lot 26.