René Magritte (1898-1968)
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René Magritte (1898-1968)

Le sourire du diable

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René Magritte (1898-1968)
Le sourire du diable
signé 'Magritte' (en bas à droite); titré 'Le sourire du diable' (au revers)
gouache sur papier
41.9 x 30 cm. (19¼ x 11¾ in.)
Exécuté en 1966
Provenance
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York.
Byron Gallery, New York; vente, Sothebys, New York, 17 mai 1979, lot 497.
Collection particulière, Etats-Unis (acquis au cours de cette vente).
Collection particulière, Californie (par descendance); vente, Sothebys, New York, 5 novembre 2010, lot 325.
Acquis au cours de cette vente par la propritaire actuel.
Literature
D. Sylvester, Ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, Londres, 1994, vol. 4, p. 287, no. 1589 (illustré).
Exhibited
New York, Byron Gallery, Magritte Exhibition, novembre-décembre 1968, p. 83, no. 41 (illustré).
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Further Details
'Le sourire du diable'; signed lower right; titled on the reverse; gouache on paper; executed in 1966.

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