MAGRITTE RENÉ Autograph Letter Signed to Jerome Snyder in Fr

Sale 2551 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 1,250

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000

"[WITHOUT] MYSTERY . . . NO WORLD OR THOUGHT WOULD BE POSSIBLE" MAGRITTE, RENÉ. Autograph Letter Signed, to Jerome Snyder, in French, summarizing his idea of painting. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; faint scattered foxing, horizontal fold, remnants of prior mounting at upper corners verso and lower edge verso. Brussels, nd

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"My conception of the art of painting is 'explained' if one does not accord any sort of superiority to the invisible over the visible. What the world offers visually is rich enough to constitute a poetic language evocative of the mystery in the absence of which no world or thought would be possible."