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René Magritte

L'Usage de la parole

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

René Magritte

1898 - 1967


L'Usage de la parole

signed Magritte (lower right)

brush and pen and ink on paper

32.5 by 46.3 cm. 12¾ by 18¼ 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 160

Alexander Iolas, London (acquired from the above sale)

Acquired from the above in 1980 by the present owner