id:			156566
accession number:	1992.273
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.273
updated:		2025-02-09 04:51:24.924000

The Legend of the Centuries, 1945. René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 41.7 x 32.4 cm (16 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.273 ©  C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				The Legend of the Centuries
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creation date:			1945
creation date earliest:		1945
creation date latest:		1945
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creditline:			Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
copyright:			©  C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	Belgium, 20th century
technique:	watercolor and gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Belgian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 41.7 x 32.4 cm (16 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) wove paper (faded)
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	inscription:	signed, lower left, in black ink: Magritte ; VERSO, center right, in black ink: "La Légende des Siècles" / Magritte  1945 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Selected Acquisitions
	opening date:   1993-02-09T05:00:00
	<i>Selected Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Galerie Lou Cosyn (2 stamps, upper right, in purple ink)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 73
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388

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