René Magritte Une Partie de plaisir

Property from a Private Belgian Collection
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Une Partie de plaisir

signed Magritte (lower left); signed Magritte, titled "Une partie de plaisir" and dated 1956 (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
15,7 x 20,2 cm; 6¼ x 8 in.
Executed in 1956.

Provenance:
Jacques Wergifosse, Liège (gift from the artist)

Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1993, lot 243 (consigned by the above)

Private collection, Belgium (acquired at the above sale)

Galerie Brachot, Brussels

Private collection, Spain

Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner

Literature:
David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1407a, p. 186, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Ostend, Provinciaal museum voor moderne kunst, Ensor en de avant-gardes aan zee, 2006, p. 84, illustrated in colour

Adrian David, Homo arte omnibus, 101 confidences of an art collector, Tielt, 2010, p. 164, illustrated in colour, and illustrated in colour on the cover

Adrian David, art criticism for connoisseurs, Gent, 2014, p. 67, illustrated in colour

Exh. Cat., Gent, Museum Dr. Guislain, Een andere wereld : Laboratorium van waan en fantasie, 2016, n.n., p. 54, illustrated in colour