The Labors of Alexander (Les Travaux d'Alexandre)

ca. 1950

Rene Magritte Belgian, 1898-1967

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Title The Labors of Alexander (Les Travaux d'Alexandre)

Artwork Date ca. 1950

Artist Rene Magritte

Life Dates 1898-1967

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Belgian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Brown pencil on paper

Dimensions Image: 18 1/2 × 15 3/8 inches (47 × 39.1 cm) Sheet: 21 5/8 × 18 1/16 inches (54.9 × 45.9 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2023.544

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, lower center verso: Je certifie que ce dessin “Les travaux d’alexandre” | ca été fait par mon mari René Magritte | Georgette Magritte

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Margareth Krebs, Brussels

acquired by (The Piccadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom)

October 1989-1995, acquired by (Landau Fine Art, Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

1995-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)

[5/5/2011, offered for sale by (Christie’s, New York, New York, USA) auction Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper, lot 189]

2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2023

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Rene Magritte, The Labors of Alexander (Les Travaux d'Alexandre), ca. 1950, brown pencil on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.544.

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