Le Principe d'Archimede Artist: René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967)

ca. 1940–50

Modern and Contemporary Art

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

15 × 18 × 3/4 in. (38.1 × 45.7 × 1.9 cm)
framed: 23 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (60.3 × 66.7 × 5.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Oliver B. Jennings, B.A. 1917

Accession Number

1959.44.1

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

The artist, Brussels; sold through Hugo Gallery (Alexander Iolas, 1908–1987, dealer), New York, sold to Oliver B. Jennings (1895–1968), New York, 1951; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1959
Bibliography
  • Michel Draguet, El Mundo Invisble de René Magritte, exh. cat. (Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2010),
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Additional information

Object/Work type

still lifes

Subject

apples fruit

Signed

"Magritte" lower left

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