Lot Essay
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Magritte.
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Le séducteur
Details
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Le séducteur
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
pen and blue ink on paper
5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (14.9 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in the early 1950s
Le séducteur
signed 'Magritte' (lower right)
pen and blue ink on paper
5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (14.9 x 21.5 cm.)
Drawn in the early 1950s
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1993, lot 202.
Anonymous sale, Farsetti Arte, Milan, 26 November 2005, lot 814.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2007, lot 222.
Private collection, Monaco, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Farsetti Arte, Milan, 26 November 2005, lot 814.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2007, lot 222.
Private collection, Monaco, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Literature
R. Magritte, La Destination, lettres à Marcel Mariën, 1937-1962, Brussels, 1977, p. 295 (illustrated).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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