Artist:
Rene Magritte
Artwork:
La Legende Des Siecles
Size:
55 x 46 cm
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creation year:
1950
Marks:
Signed Magritte (lower left); titled, numbered (III) and dated 1950 (on the reverse)
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Jean Debernardi, Brussels (acquired from the artist in 1951); By descent from the previous
Exhibition history:
Brussels, Galerie Dietrich et Lou Cosyn, Exposition Magritte, 1951, no. 6 ; Brussels, Societe Auxiliaire des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Magritte, 1954, no. 82; Mitsukoshi, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art; Hyogo, Hyogo Museum of Modern Art & Fukuoka, Fukuoka Museum of Art, Retrospective Magritte, 1994-95, no. 44, illustrated in color in the catalogue; Vienna, BA-CA Kunstforum & Basel, Fondation Beyeler, René Magritte. Der Schlüssel der Träume, 2005, no. 67, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Sotheby's New York
Date:
2019-11-12
Lot Number:
17
Low Estimate:
$4000000
[+82%]
High Estimate:
$6000000
[+21%]
Hammer Price:
$7300000
Sold For:
$8578700