René Magritte

Georgette Magritte, Paris (the artist's widow; acquired by descent from the artist and until 1986)

Estate of Georgette Magritte, Paris

Sotheby's, London, The Remaining Contents of the Studio of René Magritte, 2 July 1987, lot 865 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Elle Brussels, 14 January 1960, p. 12, this work or another version illustrated in a photograph with Magritte

Le Soir, Brussels, 14 April 1966, this work or another version illustrated in a photograph with Magritte

Duane Michals, A Visit with Magritte, Providence, 1981, n.p., this work or another version illustrated in colour in a photograph of the interior of Magritte’s house

Barbara Stoeltie, "After Magritte," The World of Interiors, London, April 1986, p. 144, illustrated in colour in a photograph of the interior of Magritte’s house

Jacques Meuris, Magritte, London, 1988, no. 306, p. 200, another version illustrated (dated circa 1940)

Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes, 1949-1967, vol. III, London, 1993, no. 1080, p. 455, illustrated

Robert Hughes, ed., The Portable Magritte, New York, 2002, p. 359, another version illustrated in colour 

Siegfried Gohr, Magritte: Attempting the Impossible, 2009, no. 418, p. 307, another version illustrated in colour