Decorative ornament - to Magritte - Belgium

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A Belgian wall object dating from ca. 1960–1970 by Naar Magritte, combining wood, glass and ceramic, measuring 10 cm high, 100 cm wide and 20 cm deep, in good condition with minor signs of aging.

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'The Philosophical Apples' after Magritte

This is not a drawer.
In a world where objects remain silent, this work speaks. Seven apples — white, green, red, black, copper, gold, silver — rest in a dark niche as if they had always waited there. As if time had forgotten them.
But look again.
What you see is not fruit. What you see is the question itself, cast in ceramic, arranged with the cool precision of a dream that refuses to wake.
Each apple is a world. Each world is silent.
The drawer contains them, or perhaps they contain the drawer. This distinction is, like all important distinctions, utterly unsolvable.

Wall object · mixed media · limited edition
The work is for sale. The meaning is not.

'The Philosophical Apples' after Magritte

This is not a drawer.
In a world where objects remain silent, this work speaks. Seven apples — white, green, red, black, copper, gold, silver — rest in a dark niche as if they had always waited there. As if time had forgotten them.
But look again.
What you see is not fruit. What you see is the question itself, cast in ceramic, arranged with the cool precision of a dream that refuses to wake.
Each apple is a world. Each world is silent.
The drawer contains them, or perhaps they contain the drawer. This distinction is, like all important distinctions, utterly unsolvable.

Wall object · mixed media · limited edition
The work is for sale. The meaning is not.

Details

Era
1900-2000
Model
to Magritte
Material
Ceramic, Glass, Wood
Designer/artist/maker
Naar Magritte
Country of origin
Belgium
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
10 cm
Width
100 cm
Depth
20 cm
Estimated period
1960-1970
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