Rene Magritte La Periode Vache Les Pieds Dans Le Plat 1992 Exhibition Catalog

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René Magritte, La Période Vache: Les Pieds dans le Plat avec Louis Scutenaire
Musée Cantini, Marseille
Réunion des Musées Nationaux
1992
French-language softcover exhibition catalog
ISBN 9782711825912

Scarce exhibition catalog devoted to one of the strangest and most provocative periods in René Magritte’s career: his “période vache.”

In 1948, Magritte created a deliberately wild group of satirical paintings and gouaches for his first solo Paris exhibition. Working with poet Louis Scutenaire, he pushed away from his better-known polished Surrealist style toward bright colors, grotesque figures, humor, parody, and deliberate bad taste.

The 1992 Musée Cantini exhibition reconstructed this important 1948 show and brought together paintings, gouaches, photographs, documents, biography, and other material connected with this brief experimental period. The Centre Pompidou documents this exact catalog in its Magritte bibliography. (Centre Pompidou)

This is a strong reference for collectors and researchers of René Magritte, Belgian Surrealism, postwar European art, Louis Scutenaire, and historic exhibition catalogs.

Best fit for: Magritte collectors, Surrealism collectors, art historians, museum-catalog collectors, artists, designers, and modern-art libraries.

Scarce 1992 catalog devoted specifically to Magritte’s highly collectible and unusual “période vache.”

Condition: Very Good overall. Cover remains attractive with light normal edge, corner, and handling wear. Binding appears sound. No major damage seen in the photos provided. See photos for full condition details.

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