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Belgian Surrealism according to Magritte

René MAGRITTE

Magritte sets out the legitimate scope of Belgian Surrealism, as he wishes it to appear in the magazine View

« To avoid any confusion, I ask you to isolate the Belgian contribution as I envision it, presenting it under the general title: ‘Surrealism in Belgium.’
For your information, I should point out that I use as the criterion for qualifying as ‘surrealist’ the moral attitude defined by Breton in his Second Manifesto. »

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