René Magritte

1898–1967

The Annunciation 1930
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Artworks

Four near-identical views of a room with a table, black stove and curtained window arranged in a grid; a suited man reading a newspaper sits at the table only in the first scene and vanishes from the other three

Man with a Newspaper

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Surreal swap of heads: a standing figure in a black blouse has a giant bald baby's head, while the infant cradled in its arms bears a grown woman's face, before a red curtain and blue wall; signed 'Magritte'

The Spirit of Geometry

A man sleeps wrapped in a red-brown blanket in a wooden box-like alcove; below, a grey slab against a dark cloudy sky holds embedded objects: a hand mirror, dove, bowler hat, blue bow, lit candle and apple

The Reckless Sleeper

A life-size mask of a man's face with closed eyes, painted sky blue and scattered with fluffy white clouds, hanging against a plain white wall

The Future of Statues

The Annunciation

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