{"title":"René Magritte","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by René Magritte — Belgian Surrealist master renowned for his witty and thought-provoking images that challenge perception and the nature of reality. One of the most recognised artists of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-francois-petit-paris-surrealist-group-exhibition-invitation-1965","title":"A. François Petit, Paris — Surrealist Group Exhibition Invitation, December 1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal printed invitation card for an exhibition of selected works at A. François Petit, 122 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, December 1965. Printed in script on pale green card stock. 10 × 8 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card lists eleven artists: Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Pierre Roy, Alberto Savinio, Max Walter Svanberg, Yves Tanguy, and Toyen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small and unusually elegant piece of mid-1960s Paris gallery ephemera. No image, no reproduction — just names, and the names do the work. The card condenses an entire Surrealist afterlife into a discreet printed square: Bellmer, Dalí, Ernst, Lam, Magritte, Tanguy, Toyen. Seen now, it reads less as a simple invitation than as a compact index of market formation, taste, and historical positioning in postwar Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe address is worth noting. André-François Petit ran his gallery from 122 boulevard Haussmann and became known as a committed dealer in Surrealism, handling figures including Dalí, Bellmer, Ernst, Magritte, and others from the movement's wider orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA minimal object, but a dense one: a private invitation, a dealer's calling card, and a quiet administrative fragment from the secondary life of Surrealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good; light age toning and minor handling wear consistent with age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ships flat in a protective sleeve with backing board.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53157598691666,"sku":"EPH-1965-PETIT-001","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/A._Francois_Petit_Gallery_0001.jpg?v=1775688835"},{"product_id":"seul-et-le-corps-galerie-du-dragon-paris-1966","title":"Seul, et le corps… — Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 1966","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition catalogue for \u003cem\u003eSeul, et le corps…\u003c\/em\u003e, a group exhibition held at Galerie du Dragon, 19 rue du Dragon, Paris 6e, février–mars 1966. Participants: Balthus, Bellmer, César, Cremonini, Dalí, Giacometti, Hélion, Hiquily, Ipoustéguy, Magritte, Matta, Petlin, Rosofsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue is a compact square booklet, 19 × 20 cm, [38] pp., printed in black and white throughout. Matte printed wrappers. Accompanied by a separate glossy announcement sheet, which repeats the cover typography and adds the gallery address and exhibition dates — a second surface, same exhibition, different function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two objects are not identical. The matte booklet holds the image sequence: body as motif, fragment, fantasy, sculpture, reproduced figure. The glossy sheet restores the administrative fact of the exhibition — place, address, date — and returns it to circulation. One carries the work. The other places it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sequence moves across Surrealism, post-Surrealism, postwar figuration, and sculptural treatments of the body. The body here is not stable. It is staged, handled, distorted, cast, drawn, and filed. Reclining figures give way to dissected anatomy; Surrealist pressure meets sculptural mass. The range of participants — from Giacometti and Magritte to César and Ipoustéguy — is held together not by style but by the body as shared problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Paris document from 1966, retained in good vintage condition. General age toning, light handling wear, minor edge wear and softening to corners. Interior pages clean overall with expected paper toning. 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