René Magritte, La belle lurette

signed "Magritte" lower left
ballpoint pen on paper
6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (17.1 x 21.6 cm)
Executed circa 1965, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Magritte.

Provenance

Jasper Johns benefit for John Cage, 1966
Rosa and Aaron Esman, New York (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owners

Literature

Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965, p. 195 (illustrated; titled Drawing)
Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue Raisonné, III: Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes 1949-1967, London, 1993, fig. a., p. 418 (illustrated on the cover of Rhétorique)