A GROUP OF "SLEEPING" GLASS FIGURAL PERFUME BOTTLES FOR ELSA SCHIAPARELLI (French/Italian 1890-1973), CIRCA 1938, designed by Surrealist painter René Magritte (Belgian 1898-1967), in the form of a twisted candlestick topped by a ground glass flame shaped amber colored stopper, comprising two miniature replicas with screw stoppers and "Schiaparelli" molded bases, height: 2 1/2"; a large bottle featuring a gilt foil banner label conformingly twisted and reading "Eau de Cologne Sleeping de Schiaparelli," raised on a circular foot labeled "Parfums Schiaparelli," and "Schiaparelli" marked molded base, height: 7 3/4"; and a flacon heightened by a circular turquoise and gold cardboard base with the same clear label across the foot, height: 5 3/4". NOTE: Elsa Schiaparelli (French/Italian 1890-1973) introduced "Sleeping" as a feminine night perfume, connecting the fragrance with her avant-garde style and surreal dreamscape fashions. Known for recruiting and collaborating with the top Surrealist artists of the time, Schiaparelli chose to enroll the most celebrated Belgian artist of the 20th Century to design the bottle. René Magritte (Belgian 1898-1967) created a flacon inspired by his idiosyncratic oil painting "The Key of Dreams", 1930, currently part of a private collection. Special thanks to Grace E. Hummel. A virtually identical bottle with circular board base, accompanied by the full original presentation, is a permanent staple in the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.