{"title":"René Magritte","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Lessines 1898 - Brussels 1967)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRené Magritte\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the leading figures of \u003cstrong\u003eSurrealism\u003c\/strong\u003e, built his work on an idea that was as simple as it was disconcerting: painting familiar objects (a pipe, a bowler hat, a door, an apple) in an entirely realistic way and placing them in an unexpected context, to the point of making the boundary between reality and its representation waver. \u003cbr\u003eBetween 1916 and 1918, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, which he found uninspiring, and worked as a designer in a wallpaper factory and later as a creator of posters and advertisements. In 1926, thanks to a contract with the Le Centaure gallery in Brussels, he was able to devote himself entirely to painting: \u003cem\u003eLe jockey perdu\u003c\/em\u003e, considered his first Surrealist painting, dates from that year. After his first solo exhibition in 1927, which was harshly received by critics, he moved to the outskirts of Paris, to Le Perreux-sur-Marne, where he \u003cstrong\u003emixed with André Breton’s group\u003c\/strong\u003e and painted at an intense pace, culminating in the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrahison des images\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e of 1929, the famous pipe bearing the words \u003cstrong\u003e“Ceci n’est pas une pipe”\u003c\/strong\u003e. That same year, he published the essay \u003cem\u003eLes mots et les images\u003c\/em\u003e in «La Révolution surréaliste». \u003cbr\u003eIn 1930, he returned to Brussels, where he lived permanently and resumed working in advertising. In 1946, he signed the manifesto \u003cem\u003eSurrealism in Full Sunlight\u003c\/em\u003e, during a period of brighter colors. He died in Brussels in 1967, shortly after the opening of a major exhibition at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRené Magritte: original prints and \u003cem\u003ed’après\u003c\/em\u003e editions \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagritte was active as an illustrator (in 1948, he illustrated with his drawings the Brussels edition of Lautréamont’s \u003cem\u003eChants de Maldoror\u003c\/em\u003e, published by La Boétie), while \u003cstrong\u003eprints occupy a marginal place in his work\u003c\/strong\u003e. The catalogue raisonné by Gilbert Kaplan and Timothy Baum, \u003cem\u003eThe Graphic Work of René Magritte\u003c\/em\u003e (1982), records only 20 original prints, and only 5 or 6, depending on the source, were executed directly by the artist on a plate; the others were produced by printers, based on his drawings.\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the original prints, there is a second group of works, created after his death: \u003cstrong\u003ecolor lithographs based on his paintings and published with the agreement of the Magritte Estate\u003c\/strong\u003e, represented by Charly Herscovici, president of the Fondation Magritte. The editions released in Paris in 2010, at Philippe Moreno’s workshop, were printed on pure-cotton BFK Rives paper, in 275 numbered copies plus 45 hors commerce proofs, 15 of which were reserved for the Estate. They bear the \u003cstrong\u003eartist’s signature reproduced in the plate\u003c\/strong\u003e, not applied by hand, the number in pencil and, in the margin, the blind stamps of ADAGP and the Estate, together with the initials of its representative. For these reasons, they should be considered \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ed’après\u003c\/em\u003e editions\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than original prints by Magritte: they are not included among those recorded in the catalogue raisonné, and their value is not that of prints made by him. They nevertheless have an independent and recognized market, thanks to the \u003cstrong\u003etechnical quality of the printing\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003elimited and controlled edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003eguarantee of authenticity\u003c\/strong\u003e provided by the Estate’s stamps and the power of the images.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"magritte-rene-la-grande-famille-1963","title":"MAGRITTE RENÉ, La grande famille, 1963","description":"\u003cp\u003eLitografia \u003cem\u003ed’après\u003c\/em\u003e firmata in lastra (dimensioni foglio cm 65 x 54; dimensioni immagine cm 46,5 x 38).\u003cbr\u003ePerfetto esemplare, edizione esclusiva e limitata di 275 esemplari numerati, ai quali si aggiungono 45 prove \u003cem\u003ehors commerce\u003c\/em\u003e, marcate HC e numerate da 1 a 45, di cui 15 riservate alla Successione Magritte.\u2028\u003cbr\u003eLa litografia è firmata in lastra e riporta a margine i timbri a secco di ADAGP e della Successione Magritte, nonché le iniziali del suo unico rappresentante, Monsieur Charly Herscovici, Presidente della Fondazione Magritte e Presidente del Museo Magritte di Bruxelles. 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