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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2024 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Day Auction | 310 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | L"État de veille | ||
Nov 8, 2006 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Art - Afternoon | 404 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | L"État de veille |
Works on Paper
19.4 x 24.8 cm (7.63 x 9.75 in)
gouache on paper
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte , titled and dated 1958 (on the verso )
Alexander Iolas, Paris and New York
Helena Rubinstein, New York
Patrick O"Higgins, New York (acquired by June 1969)
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Wolgin, Philadelphia (acquired from the above in October 1969)
Sotheby"s, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 404 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Wolgin , 1970
Harry Torczyner, René Magritte: signes et images , Paris, 1977, no. 253, p. 136, illustrated (titled La Ville magique )
Jacques Wergifosse, "Magritte: à la rencontre du plaisir," La Meuse, October 1986, p. 50, illustrated
David Sylvester, ed., Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967 , vol. IV, London, 1994, no. 1447, p. 209, illustrated
Property of an Important New York Collector
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
L"État de veille
signed Magritte (lower right); signed Magritte , titled and dated 1958 (on the verso )
gouache on paper
7 ⅝ by 9 ¾ in.
19.3 by 24.7 cm.
Executed in 1958.
