René Magritte (1898-1967), Les fleurs de l'abîme

René Magritte (1898-1967)
Les fleurs de l'abîme
signed 'Magritte' (lower left); inscribed and numbered '"LES FLEURS DE L'ABIME" (I)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (54.1 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1928

Provenance

Galerie L’Epoque [Paul Gustave Van Hecke], Brussels, by 1929.
Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, 1929.
(probably) Jean Bastien, by 1931.
Claude Spaak, Brussels, by whom acquired in the 1930s.
Obelisk Gallery, London.
Harry Torczyner, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1961, until at least 1979.
Christian Fayt, Knokke.
Private collection, Brussels, by whom acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE BELGIAN COLLECTION