The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2023

The Legend of the Centuries

1945

René Magritte

(Belgian, 1898–1967)

Belgium, 20th century

Watercolor and gouache

Support: Beige(1) wove paper (faded)

Sheet: 41.7 x 32.4 cm (16 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.)

Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.273

© C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in black ink: Magritte ; VERSO, center right, in black ink: "La Légende des Siècles" / Magritte 1945

Provenance
Galerie Lou Cosyn (2 stamps, upper right, in purple ink)
Exhibition history

Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.273