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Dieu le huitieme jour

1937
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dieu le huitieme jour
  • Artist: René Magritte (Belgian, Lessines 1898–1967 Brussels)
  • Date: 1937
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 cm (3 3/6 x 2 1/4 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.1100.312
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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