[Juenger-list] Magritte (fwd)

[e-ensign@thing.net (Richard Brem)]

> Ernst Jünger has often written about a picture, the painter René Magritte
> painted of the Lindenbaum (I do not know the english word for this tree)
> near Jüngers house, that Magritte never had seen. Could you tell me, which
> picture this is ?

It's actually just a small drawing on a letter sent by Magritte to Juenger
on 8 June 1956. The letter by Magritte is two pages long, the size of the
sketch of the linden near Juenger's house on page two is approx. 6 cm x 10
cm. It looks fairly simple and Magritte obviously used a cheap pen drawing
it (hence also its colour blue). Nice detail: There's a half-moon hidden in
the
tree-top.

The letter is part of the 'Juenger Nachlass', which comprises thousands of
letters (mainly written to Juenger, and not by him), and can be accessed at
the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach (near Stuttgart). It's also
possible to have a photocopy of the Magritte letter made there.

Regards,
RBR
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