"Throughout his career, René Magritte often revisited and revised his own imagery. This sculpture's motif is taken from a painting of the same title he created in 1962. Best known as a painter, Magritte's decision to produce sculpture toward the end of his life grew out of a conversation with his dealer Alexandre Iolas. Iolas suggested that Magritte producea suite of..." http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/225668/rene-magritte-la-folie-des-grandeurs-delusions-of-grandeur-belgian-1967/