Page 49 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013
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RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
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ELLE A MIS SON SMOKING. Sheet music cover. 1926.
13
3
/
4
x10
1
/
2
inches, 35x26
3
/
4
cm. L’Art Belge, Brussels.
Condition B+: minor repaired tears at edges; abrasions in image; discoloration in margins.
[600/900]
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
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FILM AND FINE ARTS WORLD FESTIVAL / BRUSSELS. 1947.
15
1
/
2
x12 inches, 39
1
/
2
x30
1
/
2
cm. O. de Rycker, Brussels.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges; creases, abrasions and bubbling in image.
Magritte spent a large part of his life working in advertising, both to help sustain himself during lean times,
and out of an interest in publicity. In this poster for a film festival in Brussels, he exercises his recognizable
surrealist style and uses the forehead of a woman as a movie screen. He re-used the same image in 1949 for
the second of these film festivals. This is the
SCARCE
smaller format.
[600/900]
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