René Magritte
La Fidélité des Images
1928-55
Portfolio containing 16 posthumous gelatin silver prints from the original negatives, printed 1976. From 10.6 x 5.2 cm (23.8 x 17.8 cm) to 11 x 7.2 cm (23.8 x 17.8 cm), portrait and landscape formates. Each monogrammed, editioned and consecutively numbered 'I' to 'XVI' by Georgette Magritte in pencil in the lower margin. Each matted and together with a two-page cover sheet, thereon editioned in pencil and with detailed notes on the edition, in original portfolio box. Copy 42 from an edition of 100 (+ 10 A.P.). Lebeer Hossmann, Brussels/Hamburg and Sonnabend Gallery edition, New York.
Contents:
L'amour, 1928
La mort des fantômes, 1928
La descente de la Courtille, 1928
Lex voyantes, 1930
L'ombre et son ombre, 1932
La vertu récompensée, 1934
Le jugement dernier, 1935
L'étoile de pierre, 1935
L'apparition, 1935
Les pharaons ou la huitième dynastie, 1935
Le bonheur du jour, 1935
Dieu, le huitième jour, 1937
L'éminence grise, 1938
Le destructeur, 1943
La reine Sémiramis, 1947
L'oiseleur, 1955
Literature
Die truglosen Bilder, René Magritte. Bioskop und Photographie, Cologne i.a. 1976, with ill.