Le puits de vérité

René Magritte (in 1967)

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Specifications

Title	Le puits de vérité
Material and technique	Bronze
Object type	Sculpture > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Depth 25,3 cm Width 41,7 cm Height 82,5 cm
Artists	Kunstenaar: René Magritte
Accession number	BEK 1677 (MK)
Credits	Aankoop / Purchase: Stichting Fonds Willem van Rede 1995
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1995
Age artist	About 69 years old
Collector	Collector / W. van Rede
Provenance	Christie’s London, 27 June 1995, lot. 299
Exhibitions	Rotterdam 1996a; Bruges 1999
Research	Digitising Contemporary Art A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van beuningen
Literature	Rouve 1968, pp. 24-27; Gablik 1971, p. 204, cat. no. 171; Zurich 1972, unpaged; Sylvester 1993b, p. 214, cat. no. 299
Material	Bronze > Copper > Common metal > Metal > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Sculpture > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	Belgium > Western Europe > Europe

Entry catalogue Digitising Contemporary Art, A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van beuningen

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All about the artist

René Magritte

Lessen 1898 - Schaarbeek 1967

René Magritte studied at the academy in Brussels. He began as pattern designer in a carpet factory and as painter by painting and designing advertising posters...

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