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René Magritte — Le 16 Septembre
René Magritte

Le 16 Septembre

A luminous tree stands silhouetted against a glowing crescent moon, its delicate branches reaching into a night sky in this richly evocative etching by the Belgian Surrealist master René Magritte. Rendered in subtle, dreamlike tones on lustrous Japanese nacré paper, the work exemplifies Magritte's enduring fascination with the mysterious relationship between the natural world and the cosmos. The interplay of light and shadow, combined with the quiet poetry of the composition, invites the viewer into a contemplative space where the familiar becomes strange and deeply enigmatic.

Medium
Etching in colours, on Japanese nacré paper, with full margins (deckle on two sides),

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René Magritte, Le 16 Septembre

A luminous tree stands silhouetted against a glowing crescent moon, its delicate branches reaching into a night sky in this richly evocative etching by the Belgian Surrealist master René Magritte. Rendered in subtle, dreamlike tones on lustrous Japanese nacré paper, the work exemplifies Magritte's enduring fascination with the mysterious relationship between the natural world and the cosmos. The interplay of light and shadow, combined with the quiet poetry of the composition, invites the viewer into a contemplative space where the familiar becomes strange and deeply enigmatic.

Medium
Etching in colours, on Japanese nacré paper, with full margins (deckle on two sides),
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Related themes

Surrealism, Belgian Artist, Male Artist, Mysterious Mood, Etching, Color Print, Japanese Paper, Modern Art, Dreamlike, Symbolic Imagery, Mid-Century, Figurative

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Sebastián Naranjo, Art Institute of Chicago