Bataille de l'Argonne (Battle of the Argonne) is grounded in several periods in Magritte's work. In the beginning of the 1950's, he began creating petrified images, that is, images of objects and people turned to stone. Our particular work combines a nod to this period in the artist's career with the twinned cloud and rock. This multiplication of forms creates interesting associations between the objects, and complicates the significance of the work.

Created after the original oil painting with the same title of 1959, this original color lithograph is facsimile signed 'Magritte' in graphite color at the lower right; the work bears the blindstamp of the ADAGP in the lower left corner and the blindstamp of the Magritte Succession in the lower right. Numbered 298/300 and created aside from 45 artist's proofs numbered 1-45 and labeled 'EA', this print is also initialed by Charley Herscovici, President of the Fondation Magritte and ADAGP. This limited edition was published by Philippe Moreno, Paris and the print bears a block of printed text on the verso describing this edition.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).

1. Gimferrer, Pere. Magritte. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1986. Original oil on canvas listed and illustrated as catalogue no. 104.

2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
This work is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complimentary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.