Magritte

Jean-Michel Goutier
Renilde Hammacher
René Magritte
Bernard NoEl
Bernard NoIl
Jean Roudaut
Sarah Whitefeld
Daniel Abadie (Eds.)
Patrick Roegiers (Eds.)
Alain Robbe-Grillet (contribution)

Product: Book
ISBN-10: 1-891024-66-3
ISBN-13: 9781891024665
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Country:
Year: March 2, 2003
Size: 22.86 x 27.94 x 2.74cm
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 1,665gr
Binding: Hardcover

0.) Magritte,
René Magritte
Ballantine Books; 1972
Unknown Binding

1.) Magritte
David Larkin (Eds.)
Ballantine; 1972
Paperback

2.) Magritte
David Larkin (Eds.)
Ballantine Books; 1978
Paperback

3.) MAGRITTE CROWN ART LIB (Crown Art Library)
Bernard NoEl
Crown; 1989
Hardcover

4.) Magritte: (CAL) (Crown Art Library)
Bernard NoEl
Three Rivers Press; 1995
Paperback

5.) Magritte
Paperback

6.) Magritte (Colour Plate Books)
Richard Calvocoressi
Phaidon Press; 1979
Hardcover

7.) Magritte
Richard Calvocoressi
Phaidon Press; 1984
Hardcover

8.) Magritte (Great Modern Masters)
Jose Maria Faerna, René Magritte, Alberto Curotto (translator)
Abradale/Abrams; 1996
Hardcover

9.) Magritte
Gary Garrels
Harry N. Abrams; 2000
Paperback

10.) Magritte
René Magritte, Pamela Pritzker
Leon Amiel
Hardcover

11.) Magritte
Siegfried Gohr, René Magritte, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (author)
San Francisco Museum; 2000
Paperback

12.) Magritte
Steingrim Laursen, René Magritte, Katrine Molstrom, Lise Kaiser (Eds.)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; 2001
Paperback

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Amazon.com Review
This installation of the Modern Master series surveys the work of Rene Magritte, one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century and an important figure in the surrealist movement. He combined the commonplace with the fantastic to become the master of »magic realism.« Cloud-filled skies, bowler-hatted men, and oversized household objects are in abundance in the more than 60 full-color reproductions included in this volume.

Product Description
A picture of a pipe is not really a pipe, and a daylight-filled sky can shine over a streetlamp-lit townhouse, and a painting of a window inside a painting of a sitting room can be the window in that sitting room, and a room-sized rock can gaze out of that room at the sea, and, of course, a man is a suit can have a green apple for a face. At least, that is, in the world of Magritte. And who wouldn't want to believe in that world, or at least take pleasure in the ability to recognize parts of it in our own? One of the most charming and beloved of the surrealists, René Magritte took a light, witty paintbrush and created a world both familiar and not--but always recognizable in our dreams. His plays on semiotics, identity, the idea of woman, the possibilities inherent in objects, and the idea that everything was not necessarily what it seemed--or what it was supposed to be--are celebrated here in an intelligent retrospective monograph, featuring more than 150 paintings, sculptures, objects, and works on paper. The organization of this catalogue paints Magritte as an innovator, and an artist who has had significant influence on contemporary creators. Accompanying essays, including an introduction by Alain Robbe-Grillet, inventor of the nouveau roman, consider Magritte's influence on modern and contemporary art. Magritte's relationships with his surrealist contemporaries Louis Scutenaire and André Breton, and the art dealers Edward James and Alexandre Iolas, are each revealed through individual art historical texts and a selection of unpublished letters. An illustrated chronology is included as well. This catalogue is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. My painting is visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question »What does that mean?« It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable. –-René Magritte

Essays by Jean Roudaut, Patrick Roegiers, Daniel Abadie, Jean-Michel Goutier, Bernard Noël, Sarah Whitefeld and Renilde Hammacher. Introduction Alain Robbe-Grillet.

Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.5 in., 272 pages, 220 color & 30 b/w illustrations

Is this not a pipe?
The catalogue for a comprehensive exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris held in 2003, this book is a very good, well-documented, well-illustrated study of this ubiquitous Belgian artist who has inspired so many contemporary artists and publicists. There is quite a lot of material available on Magritte and I would say this one is one of the safest bets. Daniel Abadie is a leading French modern art historian and curator and his signature is a token of quality.

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0.) Magritte (World of Art)
Suzi Gablik
Thames & Hudson; 1985
Paperback

1.) The Portable Magritte (Portables)
Robert Hughes (illustrator)
Universe; 2001
Paperback

2.) Magritte (Taschen 25)
Jacques Meuris (author)
Taschen; 2007
Gebundene Ausgabe

3.) Rene Magritte, 1898-1967
Marcel Paquet (author)
Taschen; 2000
Taschenbuch

4.) Magritte and Contemporary Art
Stephanie Barron, Michel Draguet, Dickran Tashjian
Ludion/Los Angeles County Museum of Art; 2006
Hardcover