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Rene Magritte – La Lecon de Musique

Rene Magritte, La Lecon de Musique is an original Etching and Aquatint in colors on Japon paper. From the AP edition of 25 numbered in Roman Numerals. Signed in pencil lower right. Image Size: 5.5 x 4 inches. Frame Size: 16.5 x 12.5 inches. Printed by Atelier Visat. Kaplan 15.

With his highly cerebral Surrealist imagery, René Magritte breathed new life into seemingly conventional subject matter. He often painted everyday objects out of context, in juxtapositions forcing the viewer to reconsider things normally taken for granted. In his iconic trompe l’oeil work The Treachery of Images (1928-29), for example, Magritte painted a hyperrealistic pipe and wrote, just beneath it, “this is not a pipe”—a caution not to trust our eyes and reminder that the art object, no matter how convincing, is not the real thing. Magritte’s highly figurative style of Surrealism is often discussed along the work of Salvador Dalí and Giorgio de Chirico, and his persistent interrogation of objects has both influenced and paved the way for seminal artistic movements, from Conceptualism to Pop art. Belgian, 1898-1967, Lessines, Belgium, based in Brussels, Belgium.

Title

La Lecon de Musique

Alt. Title

The Music Lesson

Medium

Aquatint, Etching

Year

1968

Edition

AP

Catalogue Raisonné

Kaplan 15

Signature

Signed

Size 11 x 8.75 (in)
28 x 22 (cm)
Price SOLD
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Rene Magritte, La Lecon de Musique is an original Etching and Aquatint in colors on Japon paper. From the AP edition of 25 numbered in Roman Numerals. Signed in pencil lower right. Image Size: 5.5 x 4 inches. Frame Size: 16.5 x 12.5 inches. Printed by Atelier Visat. Kaplan 15.

With his highly cerebral Surrealist imagery, René Magritte breathed new life into seemingly conventional subject matter. He often painted everyday objects out of context, in juxtapositions forcing the viewer to reconsider things normally taken for granted. In his iconic trompe l’oeil work The Treachery of Images (1928-29), for example, Magritte painted a hyperrealistic pipe and wrote, just beneath it, “this is not a pipe”—a caution not to trust our eyes and reminder that the art object, no matter how convincing, is not the real thing.

Magritte’s highly figurative style of Surrealism is often discussed along the work of Salvador Dalí and Giorgio de Chirico, and his persistent interrogation of objects has both influenced and paved the way for seminal artistic movements, from Conceptualism to Pop art. Belgian, 1898-1967, Lessines, Belgium, based in Brussels, Belgium.

Magritte’s dreamlike aesthetic and evocative symbols (bowler hats, cloudy dreamscapes) ensure his enduring legacy, widespread appeal, and multimillion-dollar auction prices.Yet these simple associations belie the complexity of the artist’s vision, political engagements, and important connections to major 20th-century art movements. By delving further into Magritte’s biography and late works—as well as one of his most iconic, meme-launching pictures, La Trahison des images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) (1929),often called The Treachery of Images in English—a more complete portrait emerges of an artist who raised questions about representation and appropriation that are perhaps now more pertinent than ever.

Rene Magritte La Lecon de Musique

Rene Magritte, La Lecon de Musique

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Title

La Lecon de Musique

Alt. Title

The Music Lesson

Medium

Aquatint, Etching

Year

1968

Edition

AP

Catalogue Raisonné

Kaplan 15

Signature

Signed

Size 11 x 8.75 (in)
28 x 22 (cm)
Price SOLD