Monday, May 28, 2012

René Magritte’s Little-Known Art Deco Sheet Music Covers from the 1920s


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From the piece...

Belgian Surrealist artist Rene Magritte may have carved his place in art history as a master of mind-bending, advertising-influenced imagery at the intersection of aesthetics and philosophy, but he also had a little-known early commercial career like other subsequently famous artists, including Andy Warhol. Young Magritte made rent by working as a draughtsman at a wallpaper factory and designing graphic ephemera, among which were some 40 sheet music covers he produced in the 1920s.

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