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Souvenir De Voyage
1958 | Oil Canvas
40.1×30.2 cm | 0.12 m²
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USD 6***
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GBP 2*** - 3***
USD 3*** - 4***
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Details RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967) Souvenir de voyage signed 'Magritte' (lower left) oil on canvas 15 7/8 x 12 in. (40.1 x 30.2 cm.) Painted in August 1958 Provenance Harry Torczyner, New York, by whom commissioned from the artist. Bodley Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above by 1962. Private collection, United States, by whom acquired from the above in 1964; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2000, lot 3. Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 February 2009, lot 25. Guggenheim, Asher, Associates, United States. Private collection, United States. Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco. Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2020. Literature Letter from Magritte to Harry Torczyner, 8 October 1958, in H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte. Correspondence et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, p. 86. Letter from Magritte to Harry Torczyner, 20 October 1958, in H. Torczyner, L’ami Magritte. Correspondence et souvenirs, Antwerp, 1992, p. 87. H. Torczyner, Magritte, Ideas and Images, New York, 1977, no. 85, p. 61 (illustrated; titled 'La Nuit de Pise'). D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, London, 1993, no. 881, pp. 294-295 (illustrated p. 294). Exhibited New York, Bodley Gallery, Magritte: Paintings, Gouaches, Collages, Drawings, October 1962, no. 9 (illustrated; dated '1952' and titled 'la tour de pise'). Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, on loan, 1970. New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Magritte, December 1977, no. 17 (titled 'La nuit de Pise'). 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. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Auction date:
28 Feb 2023
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