Not to Be Reproduced 1937 by Rene Magritte — Fine Art

Not to Be Reproduced 1937 shows a man facing away with his back to the viewer, while a second face appears in reverse on a panel behind him. The scene uses plain paint and a quiet colour range in a surrealist painting practice.

The fine art print sits inside a white frame that gives the picture a clean edge on the wall. The white edge keeps the dark tones of the two faces set apart, so the reversed image reads without a bright border.

In a bedroom this print hangs above a narrow desk. From the foot of the bed you see the two faces in a straight line, and the white frame sits just below the ceiling line.