As a fellow Belgian Surrealist, Delvaux shared Magritte's conceptual and enigmatic approach to dreamlike imagery, often producing preparatory sketches and gouache studies that reveal the same methodical creative process visible in this preparatory work.

Tanguy's Surrealist practice involved extensive preparatory and conceptual sketching with whimsical abstract forms, closely mirroring the enigmatic and exploratory qualities found in Magritte's unfinished gouache preparation.

Ernst's Surrealist works frequently began as conceptual preparatory studies blending abstract and whimsical elements, reflecting the same process oriented and enigmatic sensibility that defines this Magritte preparatory gouache piece.