René Magritte La voix du sang (The Voice of Blood), 1959, Series 3; Combining elements of the forest, desert, and mountains as well as day and night, urban and natural, Magritte creates a truly astounding work. A large autumn tree, its leaves a deep burgundy, rests in the middle of a desert environment with mountains in the background. The lower portion of the image appears as though captured during the daytime, yet the upper half, enveloped in midnight blue, appears as though at night. Perhaps the most curious element of this unusual work is the tree itself, which appears to have doors that reveal another world. A quaint house, its lights aglow, dwells within the tree as a large egg floats above it. This mind-bending work invites the viewer to enter another realm, leaving behind the realistic and entering the fantastic.

Created after the 1959 original oil on canvas La voix du sang (The Voice of Blood) by René Magritte (1898-1967), this original color lithograph was published and printed by Philippe Moreno, Paris in 2003. This work signed 'Magritte' in facsimile in graphite color in the lower right margin and signed in pencil in the lower left margin by the representative of ADAGP representing the Magritte Succession, Mr. Charly Herscovici. Numbered 284/300 in pencil in the lower left margin (from the total edition of 360, 300 examples numbered 1-300, 45 artist's proofs numbered 1-45, and 15 copies reserved for the Succession Magritte), this work is stamped with the ADAGP blindstamp in the lower left margin and the Succession Magritte blindstamp in the lower right margin. On the back of this work is an extensive block of printed text stating the title, provenance, tirage, and details of the original oil on canvas.

Documented and Illustrated In:

1. A Certificate of Authenticity is included with René Magritte La voix du sang (The Voice of Blood), 1959, Series 3.

About the Framing:

Museum grade conservation framed in a complementary moulding with silk mats and optical grade Plexiglas.