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For \u201cThe Healer\u201d he made a plaster cast from the feet of a live model, and did the same for the bird cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Healer\u201d has a number of features characteristic to Magritte\u2019s enterprise, including the element of the unexpected, the extraordinary within the ordinary, and the mysterious. This sculpture, variations of which can be found in at least four of his paintings, came from a photograph that Magritte took in 1937, titled \u201cGod on the Eight Day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was a painter, by translating eight paintings into sculptures, Magritte provided a different perspective on the function of objects and forms. 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