MAGRITTE - MARIEN (Marcel). "Grande Baisse... - Lot 721 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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MAGRITTE - MARIEN (Marcel). "Grande Baisse... - Lot 721 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
MAGRITTE - MARIEN (Marcel). "Grande Baisse et la fête continue". [Brux., 1962], 1 tract mounted under mat and wooden frame. Dim. frame: 43 x 32,5 cm; poster: 33,5 x 16,4 cm (tape discharge at lower corners). Published on the occasion of the great retrospective of Magritte at the Casino of Knokke in 1962, this leaflet entitled "René Magritte : Les Travaux forcés", representing the 100 Belgian francs banknote with the effigy of the painter. It also includes a caricatured text signed by Magritte and a list of works at derisory prices. With this leaflet, Mariën wanted to denounce Magritte's propensity to want to make his works profitable. It was distributed the day before the opening and misled most of his readers, including André Breton, who thanked the painter for his leaflet before apologising, saying that he "was inclined to overestimate the powers of a certain humour from beyond the Scheldt".
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