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accession number:	1992.275
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Utopia, 1945. René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 32.1 x 41.8 cm (12 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.275 ©  C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Utopia
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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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catalogue raisonne: Sylvester 1191

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 32.1 x 41.8 cm (12 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed lower left, in black ink: Magritte; verso, center right, in graphite: L'Utopie; center right, in black ink: La Peri [crossed out in graphite] / Magritte 1945; upper right, stamped in purple ink: Galerie / Lou Cosyn / 21 rue de la Madeleine, brux. [set inside an oval border]


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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Surrealism in Perspective
	opening date:   1979-10-03T04:00:00
	<i>Surrealism in Perspective</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 3, 1979-January 6, 1980).

	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).

	title:		Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-08-27T00:00:00
	<i>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Galerie Lou Cosyn, Brussels, sold to Lockwood Thompson)
	date: 1945
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	Lockwood Thompson [1901-1992], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945-1992
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1992-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	exhibited with this title in 1993 CMA exhibition
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	Lawrence, Michael G. <em>Surrealism in Perspective</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 33
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	Sylvester, David, ed. <em>René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume IV: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967.</em> London: Menil Foundation, 1992.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 60, no. 1191
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	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, no. 243
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388

	DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 266-267, 298; Reproduced: p. 267
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	Clarke, Victoria. <em>Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom.</em> London; New York : Phaidon Press Limited, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced:  P. 196
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