RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967) Rêverie de Monsieur James

RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Rêverie de Monsieur James
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed again, titled, dated and inscribed '"RÊVERIE DE MONSIEUR JAMES" MAGRITTE 1943 20P.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
54.3 x 73.7 cm. (21 3⁄8 x 29 in.)
Painted in 1943

Provenance
Lou Cosyn, Brussels, acquired from the artist
Private collection; Sotheby Parke Bernet London, 31 March 1982, lot 108
Davlyn Gallery, New York, acquired at the above sale
Sandra Moss, California, acquired from the above, circa 1984; Sotheby’s New York, 28 October 2020, lot 104
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature
Rob M, ‘René Magritte’, Le Nouveau Journal, Brussels, 7 January 1941, p. 2.
Letter from René Magritte to Edward James, 22 January 1941.
Letter from René Magritte to Marcel Mariën, May 1943.
Postcard from René Magritte to Marcel Mariën, 31 May 1943.
Postcard from René Magritte to Marcel Mariën, 16 January 1946.
M. Mariën, Magritte, Les auteurs associés, Brussels, 1943, pl. 9 (illustrated).
Letter from René Magritte to Edward James, 6 January 1949.
Letter from René Magritte to André Bosmans, 1958.
R. Magritte, La Destination, lettres à Marcel Mariën, Brussels, 1977, nos. 46, 47 & 157, pp. 53, 54&178.
F. Perceval, ed., René Magritte: Lettres à André Bosmans 1958-1967, Paris, 1990, pp. 17-18, undated letter from 1958.
D. Sylvester, ed., S. Whitfield & M. Raeburn, René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Oil Paintings and Objects, 1931-1948, London, 1993, no. 517, p. 306 (illustrated).