Collective Invention Female Fish Statue by Magritte 6W

Magritte’s Impossible Beach Creature Brought into Sculpture This Collective Invention statue transforms one of René Magritte’s most intriguing Surrealist images into a three-dimensional object you can hold and study. A reclining figure lies calmly as the lower body appears human while the upper form becomes a sleek silver fish. The combination feels impossible, yet perfectly clear inside the logic of dreams. It invites viewers to question what they see and how meanings shift. Magritte painted Collective Invention in 1935. In the original work, this hybrid creature rests on a quiet beach, somewhere between tide and dry sand. The smooth legs and bare feet recall traditional figure painting. The alert fish head and gills belong to a different world. This Collective Invention figurine keeps that tension alive and lets you examine the transformation from every angle. The artist once described the piece as a playful answer to stories about sirens. Instead of a woman with a fish tail, he rev