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The Collection of Joy and Harry Henshel
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le sens de la mesure
Details
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le sens de la mesure
signed 'Magritte' (upper right); signed again, dated and titled '"LE SENS DE LA MESURE" Magritte 1961' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
10 ½ x 13 ¾ in. (26.7 x 35 cm.)
Painted in 1961
Le sens de la mesure
signed 'Magritte' (upper right); signed again, dated and titled '"LE SENS DE LA MESURE" Magritte 1961' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
10 ½ x 13 ¾ in. (26.7 x 35 cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the late owners, circa 1961.
Literature
Letter from R. Magritte to A. Bosmans, 19 December 1960.
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 230 no. 1485 (illustrated).
D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue raisonné, Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés, 1918-1967, London, 1994, vol. IV, p. 230 no. 1485 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Université de Caen, Aquarelles belges, November-December 1961.
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale