Object Information

René-François-Ghislain Magritte
Belgian, 1898–1967

On the Threshold of Liberty, 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.

Ownership History

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