MAGRITTE René (1898-1967)
Correspondence of 28 autograph letters signed with 6 original drawings, addressed to Gaston PUEL [1946-1955]. Set of signed autograph letters, including 3 postcards, with 5 small original drawings, in ink or ballpoint pen, using the motifs of some of his paintings. In addition, 15 miscellaneous documents (tracts, publications and maps) are attached, most of them bearing the recipient's autograph address in the painter's hand.
Two letters are added: one from Marcel Mariën (1 p. in-4) and a postcard signed by Louis Scutenaire. The letters and documents are placed in double sheets of "Johannot" wove paper. The first page bears the signature of the painter in blue felt with a yellow border; the whole is enclosed between filled covers bearing the name of the printed painter. Folder and canvas case (binder's label).
Remarkable correspondence from René Magritte to the French poet and publisher Gaston Puel, who has lived and worked near Lavaur (Tarn) for many years. Numerous letters deal with Magritte's aesthetics and the painter frequently indulges in artistic and philosophical exegesis: "[...] I have made a small discovery that allows us to see more clearly: There is no progress. (Progress in the lyrical sense of superiority) There are good and bad things in the past, present and future - that follow one another, fight one another, replace one another. There are good things that at a certain point become bad and the other way around. For example,
my old painting was good 10 years ago. Now it is bad. This old painting is replaced by the new one (which is not "progress" that is not "superior") which is good for us now . "(undated letter).
There are also references to works or illustrations in progress: "[...] Maldoror illustrated by me has not yet come out.
If the publisher received requests from all over, he would shake his balls even more" (letter of July 1, 1946). He explains the genesis of his paintings at length, as follows about the "S
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