MAGRITTE René (1898-1967)
René Magritte (1898-1967) (After)
The Rape, circa 1979 1979
Color lithograph on Vellum paper.
Signed in the plate with the artist's drystamp in the lower right-hand margin.
Numbered in pencil 14/200 and signed in pencil by the artist's wife, "Georgette Magritte".
With the BFK Rives watermark in the upper right-hand margin.
Dimensions:
+ Sheet size: 71.7 x 52 cm / 28.2 x 20.5 in.
+ Image size: 56.3 x 43 cm / 22.2 x 16.9 in.
Condition: In overall good condition, with minor staining in the margins, light handling creases at the edges and a minor crease in the lower right corner. A small tear has been restored in the left edge margin with a little adhesive on the verso. Very clean image with vivid colors. Please note that the last photo is only a simulation, the work is NOT framed.
Printed after a 1945 painting by Magritte depicting a woman's torso doubled by a woman's face.
Published by Art 204, Paris & Chalk & Vermillion, New York, 1979.
