{"product_id":"rene-magritte-newly-discovered-works-9780300188752","title":"René Magritte: Newly Discovered Works","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRené Magritte (1898–1967) was a surrealist artist whose thought-provoking works used ordinary objects to challenge how viewers perceived reality. His extensive oeuvre was documented in a comprehensive five-volume project, led by distinguished art critic and writer David Sylvester. In the years that followed the publication of the final volume in 1997, numerous works purporting to be by Magritte appeared on the art market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the auspices of the Fondation Magritte, a committee was established to verify the authenticity of newly discovered works as well as those previously recorded as \"whereabouts unknown\" or listed as appendix items in the original volumes of the \u003cem\u003eRené Magritte Catalogue Raisonné\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRené Magritte: Newly Discovered Works\u003c\/em\u003e includes colour illustrations of 130 previously unpublished or unknown works authenticated by the committee between September 2000 and March 2010. Like its predecessors, this volume is the culmination of years of research, which synthesises new discoveries about the artworks and details of the life of Magritte himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanying text and comparative documentation provide a wealth of complementary information, including the circumstances of a work's discovery, references to letters, quotations in their original languages, and citations from previous volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for Mercatorfonds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796657361132,"sku":"9780300188752","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23885263482294.jpg?v=1757102695","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rene-magritte-newly-discovered-works-9780300188752","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}