Rene Magritte - La page blanche

By strategically placing a yellow circle in the top center of the composition, Magritte plays with the viewer's imagination. The yellow circle floats in the night sky but appears in front of a tree branch, suggesting it is in fact a chubby fruit rather than a full moon. Magritte creates a figure with dual identities; depending on the perception of the viewer, the yellow circle has different functions. Magritte beautifully balances this layered composition by placing the sprawling city at the bottom of the composition and the tree branch at the top. The work exudes a sense of quiet calm, as if the viewer can almost hear the cicadas chirping in the dead of night.
Made after the original oil on canvas La page blanche (the white page) by René Magritte (1898-1967) from 1967. This color lithograph was published and printed by Philippe Moreno, Paris in 2003. This work is signed 'Magritte' in fascimile in graphite color in the lower right margin and signed in pencil in the lower left margin by the representative of ADAGP representing the Magritte Succession, Mr. Charly Hersovici.