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L'oasis by René Magritte

L'oasis, 1926

Oil on canvas
74.9 x 65.1 cm (29.5 x 25.63 in)
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (28 Feb 2018)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Feb 28, 2018
Christie'sLondonThe Art of the Surreal Evening Sale122
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

74.9 x 65.1 cm (29.5 x 25.63 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

signed 'Magritte' (lower right), signed and inscribed '"L'OASIS MAGRITTE"' (on the stretcher)

Provenance

Galerie L'Epoque, Brussels.

Galerie Schwarzenberg, Brussels.

(Probably) Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels.

Edouard Léon Théodore Mesens, Brussels, by whom probably acquired from the above in 1932.

Jean Van Parys, Brussels, by 1954.

Exhibited

Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Exposition Magritte, April - May 1927, no. 17, n.p..

Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, Musique de chambre [et] l'exposition des quelques toiles de René Magritte, January 1929, no. 2.

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, May - June 1954, no. 7, p. 22.

Charleroi, Salle de la Bourse, XXXème salon, Cercle Royal Artistique et Littéraire de Charleroi, Rétrospective René Magritte, March 1956, no. 23.

Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Magritte, April - May 1959, no. 4, n.p. (with correct dimensions).

Knokke, Casino Communal, XVème festival belge d'été, L'Oeuvre de René Magritte, July - August 1962, no. 18, p. 44 (dated '1927').

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, René Magritte: het mysterie van de werkelijkheid, August - September 1967, no. 11, p. 54 (illustrated p. 55; dated '1927'); this exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Moderna Museet, René Magritte, October - November 1967, no. 7, p. 6 (dated '1927').

Literature

P.-G. Van Hecke, 'René Magritte: peintre de la pensée abstraite', in Sélection, no. 6, Antwerp, March 1927, p. 458.

L. Scutenaire, René Magritte, Brussels, 1947, p. 87 (dated '1925').

D. Sylvester, ed., René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Oil Paintings, 1916-1930, London, 1992, no. 95, p. 179 (illustrated).

S. Levy, Decoding Magritte, Bristol, 2015, p. 86 (illustrated).

Description

signed 'Magritte' (lower right); signed and inscribed '"L'OASIS MAGRITTE"' (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

29 1/2 x 25 5/8 in. (75 x 65 cm.)

Painted in 1926