Although Magritte never used his photographs as preliminary studies, his whimsical, mysterious snapshots of his wife Georgette and their friends at home often look uncannily like the artist's paintings come to life.
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1982.1071b and 1982.1071c adhered to verso of mount. This photograph has been alternately attributed to Paul Nougé--see bibliography.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Photographs from the Museum's Collection," December 4, 1984–March 17, 1985.
New Mexico Museum of Art. "In Camera," November 6, 1993–February 14, 1994.
Fundación "La Caixa", Madrid. "Lost Bodies, Photography and the Surrealists," November 23, 1995–January 14, 1996.
Caixa Forum, Fundacion "La Caixa", Barcelona. "Lost Bodies, Photography and the Surrealists," February 20, 1996–April 14, 1996.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Johnson Gallery, Selections from the Collection 21," September 22, 1998–January 18, 1999.
Becker, Wolfgang, and Louis Scutenaire. Die Truglosen Bilder: René Magritte: Bioskop und Photographie. Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 1976. p. 23.
Magritte, René. Rene Magritte: Photographs. New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1990. no. 7.
Dérision & Raison. Charleroi, Belgium: Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi, 1997. p. 15.
Roegiers, Patrick. Magritte et la Photographie. Ghent: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2005. no. 69, p. 62.
René Magritte (Belgian, Lessines 1898–1967 Brussels)
1928
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