The Art Pieces | Lalique Le Pretre Marie – Right Apple, Rene Magritte And Lalique, 2023 Clear Crystal And Green Marble/ Lost-Wax Technique

Magritte Painted At Least A Dozen Pictures Of Apples Wearing Masks. He Was Fond Of This Theme And Was Often Asked To Paint It. He Created His First Version Of An Apple In A Mask For The Cover Of View Magazine In 1946. Later, His Apples Sometimes Appear As Singletons, Sometimes In Pairs, Sometimes Under A Daytime Sky With The Title La Valse Hésitation (The Hesitation Waltz), And Sometimes Under A Night Sky, In Which Case They Bear The Title Le Prêtre Marié (The Married Priest).