Edition 1 of 5
Signed on proper right front arm: "Magritte 1/5"
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Transformed Reality, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, February 18 – May 16, 1993
Special Loan, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, January 31, 1979 - 1987
Improbable Furniture, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 1977; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, May 2 – July 10, 1977
Rene Magritte: Die acht Skulpturen (The Eight Sculptures), Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, January 15 – February 19, 1972
Special Loan, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, January 31, 1979 - 1987
Improbable Furniture, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 1977; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, May 2 – July 10, 1977
Rene Magritte: Die acht Skulpturen (The Eight Sculptures), Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, January 15 – February 19, 1972
(Gimpel & Hanover Gallery, Zurich). (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York) by 1973; Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, Virginia in May of 1973; [1] Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in November of 1991.
[1] Sale 3510, lot 128. Important 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, May 4, 1973. New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., 1973.
[1] Sale 3510, lot 128. Important 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, May 4, 1973. New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., 1973.
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