Jeff Koons was once quoted in the Tate ETC magazine as saying, "It is hard to imagine a lot of the computer programs that we work with in daily life, such as Photoshop, without the influence of Magritte. We owe to Magritte the many ways that we see the world through transparency or gradation." Illuminating part of the power of modern viewers' responses to the artist's work, this passage adds another layer of meaning to Le Grand style. In this case, we are viewing a literal rendering of the world, perched on the top of a leafy stem like some gigantic flower or pearl. This scene, set against a view of the starry universe, shows that the world is one bloom in a field of thousands, and also that it contains myriad mysteries beneath its shiny surface.

Created after an original work by the artist dating to 1951, 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 274/275 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:

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.