After René Magritte (1898-1967)
L'Art de Vivre; La Folie Almayer and L'Homme au chapeau, from Le Lien de Paille (Kaplan & Baum 16, 18, 19)
Three etchings with aquatint in colours, 1968, on BFK Rives wove paper, with the artist's stamped signature (as issued), numbered 82/150, 123/150 and 122/150 in pencil respectively, published by Georges Visat, Paris, with the 'Gravure Originale, Atelier René Magritte' blindstamp, with margins, pale mount staining, in good condition, framed

Plate 195 x 150mm. (7 3/4 x 5 7/8in.); Sheet 280 x 225mm. (11 x 8 7/8in.)(and similar) (3)
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In addition to, or elaboration of the catalogue entry:

La Folie Alamyer
Sheet 280 x 225mm. (11 x 8 7/8in.)

- with pale mount and time-staining
- with a pinpoint registration hold to the upper left corner of the image
- the sheet taped to the mount along the upper sheet edge verso, with associated pale discolouration showing slightly recto

L'Art de Vivre
Sheet: 224 x 282mm.
- unevenly shaved at the lower sheet edge
- with mount and light staining, the colours slightly attenuated
- pale scattered, pinpoint foxing, mainly to the margins
- two registration pinholes at the upper right and lower left of the image
- a strip of old tape along the upper sheet edge verso
- pale surface dirt in places and pencil inscriptions verso

L'Homme au chapeau
Sheet 280 x 225mm. (11 x 8 7/8in.)
- with pale mount staining
- a few tiny, pale and unobtrusive foxmarks to the margins
- with two tiny registration pinholes to the upper right and lower left image, skillfully touched in
- the sheet taped to the mount along the upper sheet edge verso