Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Tuesday, 15 May 2001, 08:00 pm

René Magritte, Girls in a tree stump, 1944/45

Lot 34

René Magritte, 1898-1967 (BE)

Girls in a tree stump, 1944/45

Crayon on paper.
H 225 mm W 295 mm.

Signed.

*CHF180'000 / 200'000
*EUR160'000 / 170'000
*USD190'000 / 220'000
Annotation:

Provenance: Maître Salkin, Belgium; Mme. Simone Lione, New York;
Kay Hilman, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Wolgin, Philadelphia.
Exhibitions: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Summer Loans Exhibiton, June - July, 1970.
Literature: Harry Torczner, Magritte, ideas and images, New York, 1977, No. 170, (illustration on page 108, indicationg a wrong technique).