Lithograph, heavyweight vellum paper, 39 x 49 cm in light passe-partout, 57 x 71 in framed passe-partout, numbered in pencil 3/100, signed from plate under composition "Magritte", publisher's drystamp p.d.: "EDIZIONI ARO D'ARTE;". Drystamp l.d.: "S.P.A.D.E.M. Paris" (SPADEM is the French equivalent of the Polish ZAIKS), hologram "verification of authenticity" on the back .
Original certificate signed by Aroarts incooperation with S.P.A.D.E.M.Parisandthe Italian Institute ofContemporaryArtcertifyingthat this lithograph on Magnani di Pesca handmade paper is unique with an editionof100 with the number 3 bears the imprinted signature of the Master on the plate, the stampof S.P.A.D.E.M I AROarteconfirmingtheauthenticityof thefollowing
René François Ghislain Magritte - Belgian painter, surrealist. Called "the author of words and things."His paintings shocked and stirred controversy, and aredistinguished bytheir poeticmoodiness and precise drawing.
Art curators have called him the smartest of the Surrealists.DirectorDavid Lynch has admittedthathe is often inspiredby hisworks, andthe Belgian governmenthasput his image on the 500Belgianfranc banknoteas atributeto the master.Although privatelyhe was a loner, a bit blasé andpainfully official,notto say boring, in his art hecreated worldsthat wereextraordinary,filledwithmagic, shrouded inan aura of mystery,surprisingandcompletely unobvious.
"The Popeof Surrealism" Andre Breton wrote "Everything Magritte has achieved is the culmination of what Apollinaireonce described as the true commonsenseinherentin great poets."
René Magritte's composition entitled "Les Cordes Sensibles" (Polish: Strings of the Heart), painted in 1960. This work perfectly illustrates the surrealist style of the artist, who oftenused unusualcombinations ofobjects andlandscapestochallenge our ordinary perception ofreality.
In the painting, we see a huge glass, filled not with liquid, asone wouldexpect, butwith whitecloudsfloating in a blue sky. Whatseems ordinary - the glass - is here taken beyonditsoriginalfunction,becoming a symbol ofinfinity andtransience.The title "Strings of the Heart" suggests the emotional aspect ofthe work, where the cloudscanallude toinnerexperiences,dreams orfeelingsthatareenclosed ina specific framework, just like the clouds in the glass.
Magritte liked tocreate visual paradoxesthatforce the viewer torethink the meaning of everydayobjects and their relationship toreality."Heartstrings" is anotherexample of his masterful playbetweenreality andimagination,suggestingthat feelings and emotions,though fleeting like clouds,canbe stored,shaped or shown in atangible way.
