After René Magritte - Satellite: Online Auction Hong Kong Thursday, September 7, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, USA
    Phillips, London, 20 January 2022, lot 137
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Literature

    Gilbert E. Kaplan and Timothy Baum, The Graphic Work of René Magritte, New York, 1982, p. 45 (another example illustrated p. 46)
    David Sylvester ed., René Magritte : catalogue raisonné, vol. 5, London, 1997, p. 61 (another example illustrated)

10

Untitled, from 'Les Moyens d'Existence'

signed and numbered '98/150 Magritte' along the bottom edge
etching in colours, on Japon nacré paper, with full margins.
work 18.5 x 13.5 cm. (7 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
frame 38 x 31 cm. (14 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

Executed in 1968, this work is number 98 from an edition of 150 (there were also 150 on BFK Rives, 150 on Japon ancien, and a small number of artist's proofs on all three papers), published by Georges Visat, Paris.

Estimate
HK$20,000 - 40,000 
€2,400-4,800
$2,600-5,100

Sold for HK$20,320

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Satellite: Online Auction

7 - 14 September 2023