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L'empire Des Lumières
1951 | Oil Canvas
80.3×65.7 cm | 0.53 m²
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René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L'Empire des lumières
signed (lower right); titled "L'Empire des lumières," numbered III and dated 1951 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 ⅝ by 25 ⅞ in. 80.3 by 65.7 cm.
Executed in August—September 1951.
Provenance
Alexander Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist)
William Alexander, New York (probably acquired from the above)
David Geffen, Los Angeles (acquired from the above through Pace Gallery in 1979)
Acquired from the above in 1979 by the present ownerLiterature
Letter from Magritte to Iolas, 14 August 1951
"Surrealism with a Smile," Time Magazine , vol. LXI, no. 11, 16 March 1953, p. 77, illustrated in color
Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images , 1977, no. 385, p. 179, illustrated
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné , vol. III, London, 1993, no. 768, p. 187, illustrated
Exhibited
New York, Iolas Gallery, René Magritte , 1953
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, 1979, n.n.
Auction date:
16 May 2023
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