René Magritte (1898-1967)
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René Magritte (1898-1967)

La culture des idées

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René Magritte (1898-1967)
La culture des idées
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); titled 'La Culture des Idées' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
17 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (45.3 x 35.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1961
Provenance
Claude Spaak, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist.
Charles Spaak, by whom acquired from the above.
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, by 1989.
Acquired by the present owner by 1993.
Literature
G. Selvaggi, 'Noi e Magritte: Magritte e noi', in Il Patio, Rome, March 1969, p. 24.
D. Sylvester (ed.), René Magritte: catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, Antwerp, 1994, no. 1494 (illustrated p. 235).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Maîtres impressionnistes et modernes, November - December 1989, no. 24 (illustrated).
New York, The Pace Gallery, René Magritte: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, May - June 1990.
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