The Provenance Research Project
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The Portrait
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967)
Brussels, 1935. Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 19 7/8" (73.3 x 50.2 cm). Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
574.1956
E.L.T. (Edouard Léon Théodore) Mesens (1903-1971), Brussels and London (from 1938). Purchased from Magritte in 1935 - sold in 1940 to Onslow-Ford
Gordon Onslow-Ford, San Francisco Bay Area, California. Purchased from Mesens, 1940 - until at least 1949
Mrs. Yves Tanguy / Kay Sage Tanguy, (1898-1963), Woodbury, Connecticut
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy, 1956
Le portrait / The portrait
[Le Portrait]
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