About This Artwork

René Magritte
Belgian, 1898–1967

On the Threshold of Liberty, February–March 1937

Oil on canvas
94 x 73 in. (238.8 x 185.4 cm)
none
Gift of Mary and Leigh Block, 1988.141.10

© 2008 C. Herscovici, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

London, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Rene Magritte, no. 155; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 9–November 22, 1992; Houston, Menil Collection, December 15, 1992–February 21, 1993; Chicago, Art Institute, March 16–May 30, 1993.

Publication History

Kroniek van hedendaagsche kunst en kultuur (Amsterdam), 4th year, no. 19–20 (August 15, 1939), p. 315.

David Sylvester, ed., René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné, v. 2 (Houston: The Menil Foundation, 1993), no. 430, pp. 239 (ill.), 240.

Magritte A to Z, ed. Christoph Grunenberg and Darren Pih, Exh. cat. (Tate Publishing, 2012) p. 30, 59, 88, 195, 204.

Ownership History

Commissioned by Edward James, London, 1937–1972. Private collection, 1972–81. Private collection, 1981–88. Gift to Art Institute, 1988.