Details
Genre: 19th Century Canadian Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
Dimensions: 39 ¼ by 28 ½ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
99.6
Width In Centimeters:
72.4
Height In Inches:
39.25
Width In Inches:
28.5
Year notes: Executed in 1927.
Provenance
Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago Harry G. Sundheim Jr., Chicago (acquired from the above in 1960) Marlborough Fine Art, London (acquired by 1973) Acquired from the above in 1975 by the present owner
Exhibited
Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, Important Recent Acquisitions, 1960, no. 20, p. 12, illustrated Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, 1964, n.n. New York, Museum of Modern Art; Waltham, Brandeis University; Art Institute of Chicago; Pasadena, Art Museum and Berkeley, University Art Museum, René Magritte , 1965, no. 5 London, Marlborough Fine Art, Magritte, 1973, no. 10, p. 65, illustrated in color
Literature
Letter from Magritte to Sundheim, 18 Oct 1960 Suzi Gablik, "Meta-trompe-l'oeil," Art News, New York, vol. 64, March 1965, p. 47 Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965 , p. 209, illustrated Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1970, pp. 142-43 Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1985, p. 158, illustrated Silvan Levy, "René Magritte and the Window Display," Artscribe, London, no. 28, March 1981, p. 24 David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930, vol. I, Antwerp, 1992, no. 139, illustrated p. 211 Patrick Roegiers, Magritte et la photographie, Brussels, 2005, p. 39, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Property from an Important Canadian Collection René Magritte 1898 - 1967 L'Imprudent signed Magritte (upper left) oil on canvas 39 ¼ by 28 ½ in. 99.6 by 72.4 cm. Executed in 1927. ---------------------------------------------------- 重要加拿大收藏 雷內・馬格利特 1898 - 1967年 《魯莽之人》 款識:藝術家簽名Magritte(左上) 油彩畫布 39 ¼ x 28 ½ 英寸;99.6 x 72.4 公分 1927年作 Provenance Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago Harry G. Sundheim Jr., Chicago (acquired from the above in 1960) Marlborough Fine Art, London (acquired by 1973) Acquired from the above in 1975 by the present owner Literature Letter from Magritte to Sundheim, 18 Oct 1960 Suzi Gablik, "Meta-trompe-l'oeil," Art News, New York, vol. 64, March 1965, p. 47 Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte, Brussels, 1965 , p. 209, illustrated Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1970, pp. 142-43 Suzi Gablik, Magritte, London, 1985, p. 158, illustrated Silvan Levy, "René Magritte and the Window Display," Artscribe, London, no. 28, March 1981, p. 24 David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte, Catalogue raisonné I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930, vol. I, Antwerp, 1992, no. 139, illustrated p. 211 Patrick Roegiers, Magritte et la photographie, Brussels, 2005, p. 39, illustrated in color Exhibited Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, Important Recent Acquisitions, 1960, no. 20, p. 12, illustrated Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, 1964, n.n. New York, Museum of Modern Art; Waltham, Brandeis University; Art Institute of Chicago; Pasadena, Art Museum and Berkeley, University Art Museum, René Magritte , 1965, no. 5 London, Marlborough Fine Art, Magritte, 1973, no. 10, p. 65, illustrated in color