René MAGRITTE 1898-1967
The taste of tears - 1946
Gouache... Lot 100
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René MAGRITTE 1898-1967
The taste of tears - 1946
Gouache on paper
Signed lower left "magritte", titled on the back "the flavor of tears (III)", annotated on the back by Georgette Magritte "I certify that this gouache (The Flavor of Tears III) / was made by my husband René Magritte / Georgette Magritte / Brussels on June 1, 1976."
50.80 x 36.40 cm (20 x 14.33 in.)
Provenance: Former Pierre Andrieu Collection, Toulouse
Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris
Acquired from the latter by the parents of the present owners in 1983
To the present owners by descent
Exhibitions : Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Magritte 1898-1967, January-March 1979, n°39
Bibliography : D.Sylvester, S. Whitfield, M. Raeburn, René Magritte catalog raisonné, IV: Gouaches, temperas, watercolors and collaged papers 1918-1967, Menil Foundation, Houston, Fonds Mercator, Antwerp, 1994, n°1217, p.78-79, reproduced in black and white p.78
Comment : A certificate from the Galerie Isy Brachot will be given to the buyer.
Gouache on paper; signed lower left, titled on the reverse; annotated on the reverse by Georgette Magritte
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