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Two mossy stone figures with human legs and fish torsos sit leaning against each other on a mossy stone by the seashore. On the horizon the shape of a double-masted sailing vessel made out of water rises out of the sea and cuts into the blue, cloud-filled sky.

René Magritte, Belgian, 1898–1967, Les merveilles de la nature (The Wonders of Nature), 1953. Oil on canvas; encased: 42 5/8 × 50 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (108.3 × 128.6 × 16.5 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, 1982.48.

Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago