Lithograph on BFK Rives cotton paper, 42 x 56 cm (inside the mat), framed in a 58 x 77 cm frame,
Exclusive, limited edition of 275 numbered pieces (236/275),
Signed on the plate MAGRITTE lower right,
Round embossed seal “Succesion Magritte” on the lower right, second embossed seal “Magritte Foundation & ADAGP”
Signed by the President of the Magritte Foundation and Chairman of the Magritte Museum in Brussels, Charly Herscovici, on the left
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the gallery.
“My painting consists of visible images that conceal nothing; they evoke mystery, and indeed, when one sees one of my paintings, one asks oneself this simple question: ‘What does this mean?’. It means nothing, because mystery also means nothing; it is unknowable.” – René Magritte
Magritte teaches us that we don’t have to “figure everything out.” Sometimes it’s worth simply standing in front of the painting and feeling Magritte teaches us that we don’t have to “figure everything out.” Sometimes it’s worth simply standing in front of a painting and feeling that strange sensation of seeing a chair hanging over the ocean. , seeing a chair hanging over the ocean.
The title “Threatening Weather” does not refer to an approaching thunderstorm. The threat lies in the very presence of these objects—the silence before something inexplicable. It is the feeling that the world we know has suddenly ceased to function according to its own rules.
René Magritte’s greatness does not lie in technical displays or emotional spectacle, but in the intellectual depth that changed the way we look at the world. While other Surrealists sought inspiration in dreams and the subconscious, Magritte analyzed the logic of vision. His greatest achievement was to challenge the relationship between an object, its name, and its image (the famous “This Is Not a Pipe”). He proved that an image is not reality, but merely its representation, which became the foundation for the later movement of conceptualism.
Creating universal icons: Magritte created his own visual alphabet—bowler hats, apples, clouds, curtains. These simple objects, elevated to the status of symbols, permeated pop culture, advertising, and cinema, making him one of the most recognizable artists in history.
Magritte became the godfather of modern visual thinking. His influence is immense—from advertising and album covers (e.g., Pink Floyd), through cinema (scenes in The Matrix or The Truman Show), all the way to Polish contemporary art.
