After René Magritte - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, January 23, 2025 | Phillips
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    Gilbert Kaplan and Timothy Baum 17

  • Catalogue Essay

    This edition was etched and printed at the Atelier Georges Visat, Paris, by Georges Visat following an original colour sketch by the artist illustrating Le Lien de paille by Louis Scutenaire. The etching of the plates for the series was completed under Magritte’s supervision but he died before the editioning could be carried out.

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L'oeil, plate 2 from Le lien de paille (The Eye, from The Straw Link) (K. & B. 17)

1968
Etching and aquatint in colours, on Japon nacré paper, with full margins.
I. 17.6 x 14.6 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
S. 27.8 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.)

Stamp-signed and annotated 'H.C.' in pencil (one of 25 hors commerce impressions, the edition was 150, there was also an edition of 150 on BFK Rives paper), published by Éditions Georges Visat, Paris, with the Gravure Originale Atelier René Magritte blindstamp, framed.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠

Sold for £2,540

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