René Magritte
La Belle lurette
Found at
Bonhams,
London
The Mind's Eye / Surrealist Sale, Lot 27
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2021
The Mind's Eye / Surrealist Sale, Lot 27
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
RENÉ MAGRITTE
Original pen-and-ink drawing of La Belle lurette, signed "Magritte", being his design for the covers of Rhétorique no. 13, with various autograph notes specifying the paper stock to be used and the colours for printing, small strip of white paper with autograph changes to layout taped to drawing, on a reused sheet of brown paper, the verso with typed words 'Les lois du couple' (the title of Henri Ronse's prose piece with the magazine), a few surface abrasions, tear with small paper loss in lower margin (not affecting image), sheet 203 x 253mm., [Brussels, c. 1965–66]; together with an autograph letter signed ("René Magritte") to André de Rache, 1 page on his rue des Mimosas letterhead,
Original pen-and-ink drawing of La Belle lurette, signed "Magritte", being his design for the covers of Rhétorique no. 13, with various autograph notes specifying the paper stock to be used and the colours for printing, small strip of white paper with autograph changes to layout taped to drawing, on a reused sheet of brown paper, the verso with typed words 'Les lois du couple' (the title of Henri Ronse's prose piece with the magazine), a few surface abrasions, tear with small paper loss in lower margin (not affecting image), sheet 203 x 253mm., [Brussels, c. 1965–66]; together with an autograph letter signed ("René Magritte") to André de Rache, 1 page on his rue des Mimosas letterhead,
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