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René Magritte

Lessines 1898 – 1967 Brussels

La Fidélité des Images, 1928–1955.

Portfolio with 16 posthumous gelatin silver prints, 1976. From 8,2 × 8,4 cm to 11,2 × 7,4 cm (each 23,8 × 17,8 cm) (3 ¼ × 3 ¼ in. to 4 ⅜ × 2 ⅞ in. (each 9 ⅜ × 7 in.)).
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- 5,000

Auction 760

Sunday, 29.03.2026, 6:00 PM

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Portfolio with 16 posthumous gelatin silver prints, 1976. From 8,2 × 8,4 cm to 11,2 × 7,4 cm (each 23,8 × 17,8 cm) (3 ¼ × 3 ¼ in. to 4 ⅜ × 2 ⅞ in. (each 9 ⅜ × 7 in.)). Each sheet monogrammed in pencil by Georgette Magritte in the bottom right, with the edition number in a different hand in the bottom left and the sheet number in the bottom centre. Each mounted under the mat in the top corners. Four-page title sheet with printed details of the work, edition and copyright in French; numbered in pencil on the fourth page. Together in an original slipcase (43.5 x 33.5 x 7.5 cm); on the slipcase lid, within the embossed field, a further silver gelatin print (10.2 x 6.6 cm) serves as the title image, along with printed title and edition details. One of 100 copies, ed. by Editions Lebeer Hossmann, Bruxelles/ Hamburg, 1976. [2023]

Condition Report: In very good condition. Each faintly satin finish heavy paper. Sheets IX and X in the upper edge minimally undulated. No further defects noticeable

Patrick Roegiers: Magritte et la photographie. Gand-Amsterdam 2005, back cover and p. 65, ill. 74 (bigger section of the image, titled and dated: L’ombre et son ombre, René et Georgette, Bruxelles, rue Esseghem, 193, 1932) / p. 7, ill.3 (there titled and dated: Dieu, le huitième jour, René Magritte, Bruxelles, rue Esseghem, 1937), p. 46, ill. 47 (there titled and dated: La descente de la Courtille, Camille Goemans, René et Georgette Magritte, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1928), p. 50, ill. 56 (there titled and dated: La mort des fantômes, Jacqueline Delcourt, René Magritte, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1928), p. 52, ill. 58 (there titled and dated: L’amour, Georgette peinte par René Magritte, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1928), p. 62, ill. 69 (there titled and dated: Les voyantes, Marthe Nougé, Georgette Magritte, Bruxelles, 1926-1930), p. 67, ill. 78 (there titled and dated: La reine Sémiramis, Georgette, Bruxelles, 1947), p. 81, ill. 105 (there titled and dated: L’éminence grise, Magritte, 1938), p. 84, ill. 108 (there titled and dated: Les pharaons ou la huitième dynastie, René et Georgette Magritte, un ami, Irène Hamoir, Lessines, août 1935), p. 85, ill. 109 (there titled and dated: L’étoile de pierre, Georgette et René Magritte, Irène Hamoir, un ami, Lessines, août 1935), p. 86, ill. 111 (there titled and dated: Le bonheur du jour, Georgette, Louis Scutenaire, René Magritte, Lessines, août 1935), p. 87, ill. 112 (there titled and dated: L’apparition, René Magritte, Lessines, août 1935), p. 89, ill. 114 (there titled and dated: La vertu récompensée, René Magritte, Bruxelles, 1934), p. 89, Abb.116 (dort titled and dated: Le jugement dernier, Maurice Singer, René et Georgette Magritte, Paul Colinet, Irène Hamoir, Paul Magritte, Bruxelles, julliet 1935), p. 90, ill. 119 (there titled and dated: Le destructeur, Louis Scutenaire, Bruxelles, été 1943. Étude pour 'La Gravitation universelle'), p. 123, ill. 168 (there titled and dated: L’oiseleur, Magritte, Bruxelles, boulvard Lambermont, 1955 (portrait de Georges Thiry, longtemps attribué par erreur à René Magritte))

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