A man with a bowler hat stands with his back to the viewer, a figure of Flora from Botticelli's Primavera placed over his coat. This work exemplifies a common device in Magritte's work: partially hiding an object by placing a smaller object in front of it and, therefore, denying the viewer complete access to the larger image. Of this work Magritte states, "Man is a visible apparition like a cloud, like a tree, like a house, like everything we see. I don't deny his importance and neither do I accord him any pre-eminence in a hierarchy of the things that the world offers visually" (Whitfield, no. 116).

Created after the 1957 original oil on canvas Le bouquet tout fait by René Magritte (Lessines, 1898 - Brussels, 1967), this original color lithograph was published and printed by Philippe Moreno, Paris in 2010. This work is facsimile signed 'Magritte' 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 from the limited edition in the lower left corner, this work is stamped with the ADAGP blindstamp in the lower left margin and the Succession Magritte blindstamp in the lower right margin.

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 invoice that will accompany the final sale of the work).

1. Whitfield, Sarah. Magritte. London: The South Bank Centre, 1992. Original 1957 oil on canvas illustrated and discussed alongside no. 116.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade conservation standards, this work is presented in a modern moulding with silk-wrapped mats and optical-grade Plexiglas.