The Listening Room

The Listening Room (La Chambre d'Écoute, 1952) is an oil on canvas painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte which is currently part of the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas.

[2] Both paintings feature identical (or near-identical) green apples, but place them in different rooms.

In the 1952 version, the room has wood flooring and a glass window with white trim.

In Elective Affinities (1933) an egg is pictured filling a birdcage, in The Tomb of the Wrestlers (1961) a red rose fills a room and in Personal Values (1951–52) common household objects such as a comb, a glass and a bar of soap dwarf the usual furniture in a bedroom.

The 1958 reproduction of the painting was used for the 1969 album cover of Beck-Ola by The Jeff Beck Group.