1947 · Oil on canvas · Supplier-provided historical and provenance dossier
Quoted asking price: $9,850,000. Supplier-stated 25% discount: $7,387,500. Prices are supplied, not independently reconfirmed.
Canvas 24¾ × 19 in (62.87 × 48.10 cm); frame 33½ × 27½ in (85.09 × 69.85 cm). Signed lower right; reverse titled and dated “Le Carnaval du Sage 1947,” as presented in the supplied dossier.
Robert de Keyn, Belgium — reportedly acquired directly from the artist in 1947; private collection, Netherlands; M.S. Rau, New Orleans.
Galerie Lou Cosyn, Brussels (1947); Musée de l’État, Luxembourg (1949); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1950); São Paulo Biennial (1951); La Louvière (1954); Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (1954); Musée d’Ixelles (1959); Liège (1960); Galerie Isy Brachot (1968); Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (1998).
Supplier cites David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II (1993), p. 376, no. 615 (illustrated), and other exhibition catalogues. The submitted description states that historic correspondence, an authenticity letter, and catalogue raisonné material accompany the work; copies and authenticity have not been independently examined here.
The imagery pairs a masked nude, a spectral sheet-covered figure, a glass of water, and a baguette in a streetscape, characteristic of the artist's surreal juxtapositions. The labels visible on the reverse and their history require independent examination.
This page summarizes the owner-supplied René Magritte dossier and does not constitute authentication, legal title verification, or an independent appraisal. The original Word document and photograph remain separate source materials.