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René Magritte

L'Histoire centrale

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

René Magritte

1898 - 1967


L'Histoire centrale

signed Magritte (lower right); titled (lower left)

brush and pen and ink on paper

46.5 by 32.6 cm. 18¼ by 12⅞ in.

Executed in 1928.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.


Formerly in the collection of E. L. T. Mesens.

E. L. T. Mesens, Brussels

Galerie Pierre, Paris

Bodley Gallery, New York

Sotheby’s, London, 3 December 1980, lot 158A

Alexander Iolas, London (acquired from the above sale)

Acquired from the above in 1980 by the present owner