Details

Provenance

Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1963) Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1966) Renato Casella, Venice (acquired by November 1984) Galleria il Milione, Milan Acquired from from the above in 1985 by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Magritte , 1964, no. 24 New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Waltham, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; Art Institute of Chicago; Pasadena Museum of Art and Berkeley, University of California Museum, René Magritte , 1965-66, no. 80, p. 62, illustrated; p. 80 (dated 1964) Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, René Magritte , 1986, no. 28, p. 145; p. 201, illustrated in color

Literature

Letter from Magritte to André Bosmans, 19 October 1963 S. Frigerio, Beaux-Arts , Brussels, no. 1069, 26 November 1964, p. 14 Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte , Brussels, 1965, p. 247, illustrated José Vovelle, Le Surréalisme en Belgique , Brussels, 1972, p. 85, pl. 67, illustrated Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images , 1977, pp. 261 and 268 René Magritte and André Bosmans; Francine Perceval, ed., Lettres à André Bosmans , 1958-1967 , Paris, 1990, p. 319 Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné , vol. III, London, 1993, no. 982, p. 389, illustrated; p. 440 Suzi Gablik, Magritte , London, 1985, no. 27, p. 35, illustrated; p. 200 René-Marie Jongen, René Magritte, ou, La pensée imagée de l'invisible: réflexions et recherches , Brussels, 1994, p. 35, note 27 Henri Laborit, La Légende des comportements , Paris, 1994, pp. 118-19, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., London, South Bank Centre, Magritte , p. 64, note 2 Patrick Roegiers, Magritte and Photography , New York, 2005, p. 103

Catalog summary

Property from a European Collection René Magritte (1898 - 1967) La Traversée difficile signed Magritte (lower left); titled (on the reverse) oil on canvas 32 by 39 ½ in.   81.3 by 100.2 cm. Executed in 1963. Provenance Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1963) Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1966) Renato Casella, Venice (acquired by November 1984) Galleria il Milione, Milan Acquired from from the above in 1985 by the present owner Exhibited Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Magritte , 1964, no. 24 New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Waltham, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; Art Institute of Chicago; Pasadena Museum of Art and Berkeley, University of California Museum, René Magritte , 1965-66, no. 80, p. 62, illustrated; p. 80 (dated 1964) Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, René Magritte , 1986, no. 28, p. 145; p. 201, illustrated in color Literature Letter from Magritte to André Bosmans, 19 October 1963 S. Frigerio, Beaux-Arts , Brussels, no. 1069, 26 November 1964, p. 14 Patrick Waldberg, René Magritte , Brussels, 1965, p. 247, illustrated José Vovelle, Le Surréalisme en Belgique , Brussels, 1972, p. 85, pl. 67, illustrated Harry Torczyner, Magritte: Ideas and Images , 1977, pp. 261 and 268 René Magritte and André Bosmans; Francine Perceval, ed., Lettres à André Bosmans , 1958-1967 , Paris, 1990, p. 319 Sarah Whitfield and Michael Raeburn; David Sylvester, ed., Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné , vol. III, London, 1993, no. 982, p. 389, illustrated; p. 440 Suzi Gablik, Magritte , London, 1985, no. 27, p. 35, illustrated; p. 200 René-Marie Jongen, René Magritte, ou, La pensée imagée de l'invisible: réflexions et recherches , Brussels, 1994, p. 35, note 27 Henri Laborit, La Légende des comportements , Paris, 1994, pp. 118-19, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., London, South Bank Centre, Magritte , p. 64, note 2 Patrick Roegiers, Magritte and Photography , New York, 2005, p. 103