RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La lumière du pôle
signed ‘Magritte’ (lower right); inscribed ‘"LA LUMIÈRE DU PÔLE”’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
54 3⁄4 x 41 1⁄4 in. (139 x 104.8 cm)
Painted in 1926-1927
Provenance
Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels.
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels & London, by whom acquired from the above in 1932.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above in 1968.
Galleria Internazionale, Milan, by whom acquired from the above in 1968.
Condotti 75 [Maria Laura Drudi Gambillo], Rome (no. 07.49).
Sophia Loren & Carlo Ponti, Rome.
Private collection, Brescia, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1990s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La lumière du pôle
signed ‘Magritte’ (lower right); inscribed ‘"LA LUMIÈRE DU PÔLE”’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
54 3⁄4 x 41 1⁄4 in. (139 x 104.8 cm)
Painted in 1926-1927
Provenance
Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels.
E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels & London, by whom acquired from the above in 1932.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above in 1968.
Galleria Internazionale, Milan, by whom acquired from the above in 1968.
Condotti 75 [Maria Laura Drudi Gambillo], Rome (no. 07.49).
Sophia Loren & Carlo Ponti, Rome.
Private collection, Brescia, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1990s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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