René Magritte
Madame Récamier de David
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Madame Récamier de David
inscribed Magritte, numbered 0/5, dated 1967 and with the foundry mark Fonderia Artistica, Gi. Bi. Esse Verona-Italy
bronze
lamp: 184 cm. 72½ in.
chair: 192 cm. 75⅝ in.
pedestal: 48.8 cm. 19¼ in.
Conceived in 1967; this example cast by Fonderia Artistica Bonvicini, Verona in 1967 in an edition of 8.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.
Alexander Iolas, Athens
Acquired from the above on 4 April 1983 by the present owner
Pierre Rouve, "Space Conquered," Art and Artists, August 1968, pp. 24-27
Robert Melville, "Changing the World," The Architectural Review, vol. 144, no. 859, September 1968, no. 9, p. 210, another cast illustrated
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1970, no. 197, p. 181
Abraham M. Hammacher, René Magritte, London, 1974, p. 53, another cast illustrated
Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1985, no. 197, p. 175, another cast illustrated
Jacques Meuris, René Magritte, London, 1988, no. 314, pp. 202-03, another cast illustrated
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 1089, p. 461, another cast illustrated
Siegfried Gohr, Magritte. Attempting the Impossible, New York, 2009, p. 312, another cast illustrated
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