At first glance, Décalcomanie shows a man standing next to his own silhouette. Both the man and his absence face away from viewer and stare out across an empty beach and flat sea. The man's silhouette seems to have been cut out of the curtain hanging down over half of the composition. Closer looking actually shows that the silhouettes are not quite the same; part of the curtain is seen, slightly distorted, in the man's outline. The profile becomes a kind of lens through which the world beyond is seen. By creating this image, Magritte returned once again to the Surrealist principle of letting thought reign free, untethered by associations.

Created after the original oil painting with the same title of 1966, this original color lithograph is facsimile signed 'Magritte' in graphite color at the lower right; the work bears the blindstamp of the ADAGP in the lower left corner and the blindstamp of the Magritte Succession in the lower right. Numbered 259/300, aside from 45 artist's proofs numbered 1-45 and labeled 'EA', this print is also initialed by Charley Herscovici, President of the Fondation Magritte and ADAGP. This limited edition was published by Philippe Moreno, Paris, and the piece bears a block of printed text on the verso describing this edition.

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 invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).

1. Gimferrer, Pere. Magritte. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., 1986. Original oil on canvas listed and illustrated as catalogue no. 134.

2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
This work is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complimentary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.