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La nuit d'amour
Details
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La nuit d'amour
signed 'Magritte' (upper right); dated and titled '"LA NUIT D'AMOUR" 1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 25¼ in. (54 x 64 cm.)
Painted in 1947
La nuit d'amour
signed 'Magritte' (upper right); dated and titled '"LA NUIT D'AMOUR" 1947' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 25¼ in. (54 x 64 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Jean Bourjou, Brussels.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1998, lot 47.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1998, lot 47.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Sylvester and S. Whitfield, René Magritte catalogue raisonné, London, 1993, vol. II, p. 383, no. 623 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(probably) Brussels, Galerie Dietrich, Exposition Magritte, 1948.
Brussels, La Sirène, Oeuvres récentes de René Magritte, October 1953, no. 24.
La Louvière, Maison des Loisirs, René Magritte expose, 1954, no. 11.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, May-June, 1954, no. 77.
Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, XXXème Salon du cercle royal artistique et littéraire de Charleroi, 1956, no. 93.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, René Magritte, September 1983-March 1984, no. 71.
Høovikodden, Kunstsentret, Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser, René Magritte: Paintings and Photographs, January-March 1984, no. 61.
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, René Magritte, March-June 1998, p. 150, no. 144 (illustrated).
Brussels, La Sirène, Oeuvres récentes de René Magritte, October 1953, no. 24.
La Louvière, Maison des Loisirs, René Magritte expose, 1954, no. 11.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, May-June, 1954, no. 77.
Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, XXXème Salon du cercle royal artistique et littéraire de Charleroi, 1956, no. 93.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, René Magritte, September 1983-March 1984, no. 71.
Høovikodden, Kunstsentret, Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser, René Magritte: Paintings and Photographs, January-March 1984, no. 61.
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, René Magritte, March-June 1998, p. 150, no. 144 (illustrated).