Writing about the original painting that inspired this work, Jacques Meuris notes, "Painterly skill, answering to the artist's intention, takes precedence of the story being told. The painting simply looks at itself" (71). Meuris validates the feeling that meaning will be hard to find in this enigmatic work. A chair, a tube and a nude torso float like shapely clouds over the ocean, a recurring landscape element in the artist's work. The tuba and unidentified figure are also common motifs that gain meaning in the wider context of Magritte's work. Objects taken from everyday life - the human form, a place to sit, a source of music - appear as monumental shadows of themselves over an indifferent landscape. The beauty of this work lies in its ability to mean different things to each viewer.

Created after the original 1929 oil on canvas Threatening Weather by René Magritte (Lessines, 1898 - Brussels, 1967), this original color lithograph is facsimile signed 'Magritte' in graphite color in the lower right margin, and also initialed in pencil by Charley Herscovici, President of the Fondation Magritte and of the ADAGP. It bears the ADAGP blindstamp in the lower left margin and the Magritte Succession blindstamp in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 275, it was printed on Rives paper in 2010 by Philippe Moreno, Paris.

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. Meuris, Jacques. Magritte. London: Greenwich Editions, 1988. The original oil painting is listed and discussed as no. 102 on p. 71.

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.