Artist:
Rene Magritte
Artwork:
La Magie Noire
Size:
81 x 60 cm
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creation year:
1946
Marks:
Signed Magritte (lower left); titled, dated 1946 and inscribed 25P on the reverse
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Raymond Magritte, Belgium (the artist's brother; acquired from the artist); Arlette Magritte (daughter of the previous, by descent. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 3rd November 1993, lot 52); Private Collection, Belgium (purchased at the previous sale); Private Collection (acquired in 2001. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 3rd November 2008, lot 64); Purchased at the previous sale by the present owner
Exhibition history:
Paris, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage a Magritte, 1984-85, no. 42 (with incorrect medium); Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art; Hyogo, Museum of Modern Art & Fukuoka, Art Museum, Retrospective Magritte, 1994-95, no. 33, illustrated in colour in the catalogue