Artist:
Rene Magritte
Artwork:
Le Seize Septembre
Size:
162 x 130.2 cm
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creation year:
1957
Marks:
Signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed again, dated and titled 'MAGRITTE 'LE SEIZE SEPTEMBRE' 1957' (on the reverse)
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Alexandre Iolas, New York (acquired from the artist, 1957); Jean and Dominique de Menil, Houston (acquired from the previous, by December 1960); Private collection, Brussels (acquired from the previous, 1978); Private collection, California; Private collection, United States (acquired from the previous, 1986); Acquired from the previous by the late owner, 2015
Exhibition history:
Paris, Galerie Cahiers d'Art, Rene Magritte, January-February 1958, no. 2; New York, Iolas Gallery, Rene Magritte, 1958; New York, Iolas Gallery, Rene Magritte, 1959 (possibly no. 834); Dallas, Museum of Contemporary Art and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Rene Magritte in America, December 1960-February 1961, no. 64; Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, May-June 1964; The New York Cultural Center and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Painters of the Mind's Eye: Belgian Symbolists and Surrealists, February-May 1974, p. 136, no. 115 (illustrated; dated 1960 and with incorrect dimensions); Houston, Rice University, Institute for the Arts, Secret Affinities: Words and Images by Rene Magritte, October 1976-January 1977, p. 27; New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Rene Magritte, December 1977, no. 16
Christie's New York
Date:
2019-11-11
Lot Number:
16A
Low Estimate:
$7000000
[+142%]
High Estimate:
$10000000
[+70%]
Hammer Price:
$17000000
Sold For:
$19570000