René Magritte · 1929
The False Mirror
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A huge close-up human eye whose iris is a cloudy blue sky and whose pupil is a flat black disc, set in brown lids, signed 'magritte' at the upper right. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Up to 11.9 × 8 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of The False Mirror
Magritte painted three versions of Le faux miroir. The original dates from 1929 and was painted at Le Perreux-sur-Marne; between 1933 and 1936 it belonged to the photographer Man Ray, from whom the Museum of Modern Art in New York bought it. A second version of 1935 is in a private collection. The painting is said to be one of the inspirations for the 1952 CBS television 'eye' logo.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.
All René Magritte prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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