L'usage de la parole

Details

René Magritte (1898-1967)
L'usage de la parole
inscribed 'fusil, nuage, horizon, cheval, chaussée' (within the composition)
brush and India ink on paper
3¾ x 5 5/8 in. (9.4 x 14.1 cm.); shaped
Executed circa 1929

Provenance

P.G. van Hecke.
André de Rache.
John Armbruster, Brussels.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.

Literature

P.G. van Hecke (ed.), Variétés, no. 8, 15 December 1929 (illustrated p. 570).

Exhibited

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Lettres et chiffres, March - May 1980, no. 54.

Lot Essay

This drawing is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Magritte.

This drawing is related to the oil L'espoir rapide, 1927 (Sylvester no. 191, Kunsthalle, Hamburg) and L'apparition, 1928 (Sylvester no. 220; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).

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