06-18-200806-19-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2414
June 18, 2008 02:00 PMCalender
951

René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967) Love

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$237$200
Auction: Discovery - 2414Location: BoltonDate / Time: June 18, 2008 2:00PM

Description:

René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)

Love, Georgette painted by Rene Magritte, 1928, Perreux-sur-Marne, possibly a later printing. Numbered, inscribed, and indistinctly initialed "11/100, I..." in pencil along the lower edge (beneath the mat),identified on a label from the Obelisk Gallery, Boston, affixed to the backing. Gelatin silver print, image size 4 1/2 x 2 5/8 in., framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
N.B. This photograph is based on the oil painting Attempting the Impossible, in which Magritte plays with the concepts of painter and model, attesting "that the desire for woman and the painter's desire are one and the same." (1) Patrick Roegiers. Magritte and Photography (New York; Ghent-Amsterdam: Ludion: Distributed Art Publishers, 2005). p 52.
Estimate $400-600

sheet size 9 1/2 x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm)

Keywords

Rene Magritte, later printing, Obelisk Gallery, oil painting, Patrick Roegiers, Amsterdam