Zincography in brown on light blue firm paper (folded double sheet)
Belgium, 1936
René Magritte (1989-1964) – Belgian painter of surrealism
Title page for the sheet music of ‘Marie trombone Chapeau buse’ by Paul Magritte on a poeme by Paul Colinet
Published by Editions Magritte, Brussels
Image dimensions: 35.4 x 27.4 cm
Good condition
Fine illustration by the great surrealist artist René Magritte; zincographs by the artist fetch up to €1,200 at international auctions

The cover design for the sheet music ‘Marie trombone chapeau buse’, a composition by Paul Magritte to a poem by Paul Colinet, undertook his brother René Magritte. The sheet music was published by Editions Magritte and was distributed by Vriamont in Brussels. Shown is the nude bust portrait of a woman with a flower-decorated hat for that Georgette Magritte, the artist's wife, act as a model.



This zincography in brown on light blue paper shows lower left the scuffed remains of a blue stamp. Overall it is in good condition. The image measures 35.4 x 27.4 cm, the double sheet 35.4 x 54.5 cm.

René Magritte (1989-1964)

René Magritte studied from 1916 to 1918 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. First, he earned his living as a pattern designer for wallpaper, and from 1923 on as a poster and commercial artist. The piano teacher of his brother Paul brought Magritte in contact with the Dada movement. Because of a fixed term contract with a Brussels gallery in 1926, Magritte could for the first time fully concentrate on his Artistic work, and thus his first surrealist image origin in this year. Magritte became friends with surrealist artists such as André Breton and Hans Arp and exhibited in 1938 on the ‘Exposition internationale du Surréalisme’ in Brussels. Magritte also worked as an editor for various magazines and newspapers, and made several short films. René Magritte is one of the most important surrealist artists. His factually descriptive images obtain their magical effect by paradoxical juxtaposition of everyday objects. (fea)

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