Art Institute of Chicago
Homesickness
René Magritte · c. 1948
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by René Withofs, Brussels, to the Hanover Gallery, London, early 1960s [Sylvester 1994]; sold to Leigh Block, Chicago, Sept. 29, 1964 [documentation in object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1964.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- London, Brook Street, "The Surrealist Image," Feb. 1962, cat. 26.
- London, Hanover Gallery, "René Magritte," May 14-July 5, 1964, cat. 31.
- Muncie, Ind., Ball State University Art Gallery, Oct. 7-14, 1965.
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "René Magritte: The Fifth Season," May 19-Oct. 28, 2018.
Literature
Published references
- The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (Chicago, 1964), p. 31.
- David Sylvester, René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné IV (Houston, 1994), p. 114, no. 1280 (ill.).
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