Autograph Letter Signed ALS to Joë Bousquet

by RenÉ Magritte

$14,500 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

“This piece encapsulates the revolution in my art — a sentimental revolution, first and foremost, aimed at replacing anxiety with joy and the warmth of sunshine.” We must now strive to attain the same power in the realm of the charming and delightful as we do with such ease in the realm of the dark and sickening. A MAJOR LETTER BY MAGRITTE DEFINING HIS ARTISTIC INTENTIONS AND HIS RELATIONHIP TO SURREALISM.

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