René MAGRITTE (1898-1967). L.A.S. with DRAWING, [late 1958], - Lot 15

René MAGRITTE (1898-1967). L.A.S. with DRAWING, [late 1958], to André Bosmans; 1page in-8 (19 x 12.3 cm sight), framed. Beautiful enhanced drawing of a project for a painting. "After searching long enough, I've figured out how to paint a picture with a chair as the subject. Now we need to know the title: what do you propose? And what do you think of this chair? The New Year will be very pataphysical in France, it seems"... The drawing, in pen and enhanced with red and blue pencils, depicts a chair with a lion's tail [the painting was later called Une simple histoire d'amour]. René Magritte, Lettres à André Bosmans 1958-1967 (Seghers-Isy Brachot, 1990), p. 18-19. Provenance: Drouot-Richelieu sale (Laurence Calmels), January 24, 1996, Correspondance à André Bosmans, part of no. 4.