Magritte, Rene, Les valeurs personelles (Personal Values), 1952, Series 2
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| Artist: | Magritte, Rene (1898 - 1967) |
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| Title: | Les valeurs personelles (Personal Values), 1952, Series 2 |
| Medium: | Original Color Lithograph |
| Image Size: | 24 3/4 in x 19 3/4 in (62.9 cm x 50.2 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 30 5/8 in x 22 7/8 in (77.8 cm x 58.1 cm) |
| Framed Size: | approx. 45 in x 37 in (114.3 cm x 94 cm) |
| Signed: | Signed 'Magritte' in facsimile in graphite color in the lower right margin. Signed in pencil in the lower left margin by the representative of ADAGP representing the Magritte Succession, Mr. Charly Herscovici. |
| Edition: | Numbered from the edition of 300 in pencil in the lower left margin (from the total edition of 360, 300 examples numbered 1-300, 45 artist's proofs numbered 1-45, and 15 copies reserved for the Succession Magritte). |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition with vibrant colors throughout |
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Coined by Magritte as a "defiance of common sense," this striking work evokes the strangeness and ambiguity apparent in reality. Placing ordinary objects in an unusual context, this disorienting work makes us question our own perceptions of reality and how we view our everyday lives. |
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| In a windowless room with a cloud-strewn sky for wallpaper rest disproportionately
sized household items. Of this work Magritte states, "…From the point
of view of immediate utility, what is one to make of the idea that, for example,
there should be a sky covering the walls of a room, that an enormous match should
be lying on the carpet, and that a huge comb should be propped on a bed? Such
an idea is indeed powerless to solve a utilitarian problem posed by life in
society. The social individual requires a repertoire of ideas in which, for
example, a comb becomes the symbol that makes it possible to combine certain
events in which he, as a social individual, contrives to act in a society in
conformity with movements society can understand: the comb separates the individual
hairs, the comb will be manufactured, sold, etc. In my house, the comb (and
other objects, too) has lost precisely this "social character." It
has become a useless luxury, capable of "disarming" the viewer…"
(Meuris, pg. 140).
Created after the 1952 original oil on canvas Les valeurs personelles (Personal Values) by René Magritte (1898-1967), this original color lithograph was published and printed by Philippe Moreno, Paris in 2003. This work is signed 'Magritte' in facsimile in graphite color in the lower right margin and signed in pencil in the lower left margin by the representative of ADAGP representing the Magritte Succession, Mr. Charly Herscovici. Numbered 246/300 in pencil in the lower left margin (from the total edition of 360, 300 examples numbered 1-300, 45 artist's proofs numbered 1-45, and 15 copies reserved for the Succession Magritte), this work is stamped with the ADAGP blindstamp in the lower left margin and the Succession Magritte blindstamp in the lower right margin. On the back of this work is an extensive block of printed text stating the title, provenance, tirage, and details of the original oil on canvas. DOCUMENTED AND ILLUSTRATED IN: About the Framing: | |
| Style: | Surrealism |
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Biography of Rene Magritte
René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers’ preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.
Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.
Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed a contract with Galerie La Centaure in Brussels, making it possible for him to paint full-time. During this time, inspired by his friend André Breton, he became involved with the Surrealist group.
During the German occupation of Belgium in World War II, he stayed in Brussels. He continued to paint, gaining increased recognition. His work was exhibited in the United States in New York multiple times, including 2 retrospective exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1967, Magritte died of pancreatic cancer, his imagery having greatly influenced pop, minimalist, and conceptual art.
