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Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
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Work Title (display):
The Treachery of Images (This Is Not a Pipe)
Image Title:
full view
Work Dates (display):
1929
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)
Work Creator gender:
male
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Work Creator notes (display):
An influential figure in Surrealism, Magritte is now regarded as possibly the most important Belgian artist of the 20th century. Inspired by the works of De Chirico, in the 1920s he began to experiment with concepts of reality in his paintings, altering form and often creating entirely new objects, giving his work the mystical look of a riddle. By 1926 he became involved with the Belgian Surrealist movement, and later lived in Paris from 1927-1930, connecting with the Surrealists in that city and painting full-time. His work began exploring a disconnect between normal objects, or between text and what is shown, as with his work "Treachery of Images" where the image of a pipe is accompanied by the text "Ceci n'est pas une pipe". Possibly drawing from his experience in advertising, his work employed standard human types, such as his businessman wearing a bowler hat, whose image appeared in numerous works. Magritte had been fairly well-known due to his association with the French Surrealists, but did not become an internationally recognized artist until 1948, when he signed a contract with New York dealer Alexander Iolas. He died in 1967, several days after the opening of a major retrospective of his work. (ULAN)
Work Worktype:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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Work Worktype:
oil paintings
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oil paintings
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Work Category (VRC classification):
paintings
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paintings
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false
Work Material and Technique (display):
oil paint on canvas
Work Measurements (display):
23 3/4 in (H) x 32 in (W)
Work Inscription (display):
Ceci n'est pas une pipe
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
repository
Work Location (Repository or Site) refid:
78.7
Work Location (Repository or Site) refid type:
accession
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Los Angeles, California
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Image Source Reproduction citation:
Fletcher, Valerie J., and Rhys Conlon. Surrealist Sculpture: Marvelous Objects from Paris to New York. Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2015. Print.
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Fletcher, Valerie J., and Rhys Conlon. Surrealist Sculpture: Marvelous Objects from Paris to New York. Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2015. Print.
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false
Image Source Reproduction refid:
978-3791354651
Image Source Reproduction page number:
35
Image Source Reproduction plate-figure number:
24
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ISBN
Image Rights (display):
© Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado and Auraria Higher Education Center communities; 3) the original photographer is credited if known; 4) the image is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the number of derivatives is the minimum required for education or educational research; 7) the image has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 8) duplication of the image does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
© René Magrite
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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