The mythical Sheherazade captured the attention and eventually heart of Shahryar with her stories. Betrayed by his first wife, the king took a new lover every night, only to have her beheaded in the morning. Offering herself up to the king, Sheherazade wove such a wondrous tale that her life was spared, so she might continue the following night. Magritte focuses our attention on her eyes and red mouth, the location of all her power. With her features suspended in a delicate veil of diamonds, this compelling figure becomes a visual reminder of the veils draped over the truth of things. To know what is real, we must look beyond external clutter.

Created after the 1947 original painting Shéhérazade by René Magritte (1898-1967), this original color lithograph is facsimile signed 'Magritte' in graphite color in the lower right margin, and also initialed in pencil by Charley Herscovici, President of the Fondation Magritte and of the ADAGP. It bears the ADAGP blindstamp in the lower left margin and the Magritte Succession blindstamp in the lower right margin. Numbered from the edition of 275, it is printed on Rives paper and published and printed by Philippe Moreno, Paris, 2010.

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

1. Meuris, Jacques. Magritte. London: Greenwich Editions, 1988. The original oil painting is listed and discussed as no. 145 on pp. 94-5.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade conservation standards, this work is presented in a modern moulding with silk-wrapped mats and optical-grade Plexiglas.