René Magritte (Lessines 1898 – 1967 Brussels). ”La Malédiction”. 1963 Oil on canvas on cardboard. 16,1 × 21 cm (6 ⅜ × 8 ¼ in.). Signed lower right: Magritte. Dedicated in black ballpoint pen on the reverse: Amicalement à Monsieur et Madame Amiel Najar René Magritte 1963. There too a label of the Mayor Gallery, London. Sylvester 975.– [3063] Provenance: Amiel E. Najar, Brussels (presumably acquired directly from the artist) / Private Collection, Berlin (acquired in the Mayor Gallery, London) / Private Collection, Europe (acquired 2015 at Grisebach, Berlin) Literature and illustration: Patrick Waldberg: René Magritte. Suivi d’une bibliographie générale par André Blavier. Brüssel, André de Rache, 1965, ill. p. 234 / Auction catalogue: London, Sotheby’s, 25.6.1996, cat. no. 199, w. ill. / Auktion 240, Ausgewählte Werke. Berlin, Grisebach, 4.6.2015, cat. no. 37, w. ill. The work is auctioned on behalf of and for the benefit of a European charitable foundation