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Factoid | 7-down: The 1960s brought a great increase in public awareness of Magritte’s work. His works have been frequently adapted in advertisements, posters, book covers and the like. Some examples include:
- The logo of Apple Corps, The Beatles’ company, is inspired by Magritte’s Le Jeu de Mourre, a 1966 painting.
- John Cale wrote a song titled “Magritte”. The song appears on the 2003 album HoboSapiens.
- Gary Numan’s 1979 album The Pleasure Principle was a reference to Magritte’s painting of the same name.
- Styx’s album The Grand Illusion incorporates an adaptation of the painting The Blank Signature (Le Blanc Seing)
- In John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars the main character Hazel Grace Lancaster wears a tee shirt with Magritte’s The Treachery of Images.
- And there are many more!