Le Tombeau des Lutteurs (The Tomb of the Wrestlers)

This lithograph was printed and published in 2010 in our Art-Lithographies studio in Paris using 100% cotton 300 g/m² BFK Rives paper. Artwork entirely made in France: from the production of the paper in Arches in the Vosges department, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press run.

The lithograph was authorized, supervised and validated by the ADAGP (Society of Authors in the Graphic and Plastic Arts) and by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession.

Painted by René Magritte in 1960.

A huge red rose filling the space of a room from wall to wall and from ceiling to floor. The rose has fully captured our attention to the point where we disregard every other aspect of the painting. Have you noticed the theatrical curtains Magritte was always obsessed with or the snowy landscape outside ?

The title comes from a book by Léon Cladel which Magritte read when he was younger, and admitted later on that he had forgotten what the novel was about. Magritte always believed that his titles fit his pictures perfectly. What if he chose unusual titles in order to free his paintings from submission to the words...?