René MAGRITTE (1898-1967), (after) - Lot 72

René MAGRITTE (1898-1967), (after) Erotic Portrait, 1934 Etching, signed in copper and numbered XLII/L in pencil lower left. H_ 28 cm W_ 21 cm This 1934 etching was published by Charly Herscovici (holder of the intellectual and moral rights to René Magritte's work) and the Succession Magritte on the occasion of the "Magritte" retrospective at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris in 2003. Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte is famous for his enigmatic works that question perception, reality and the language of the image. Through precise compositions and meticulous realism, he juxtaposes everyday objects and paradoxical situations, creating images that are both poetic and disconcerting. His work explores the mechanisms of representation and the relationship between things and their names, profoundly influencing modern art and contemporary visual culture.