Le Miroir magique [The Magic Mirror]
About this artwork
This is one of a series of 'word paintings' made by Magritte in the late 1920s, in which the words and the image seem to be in conflict. The text and the image are given the same importance even though they contradict each other. Even the exact identity of the object is uncertain, despite the clarity of the style of painting. Magritte loved visual puns and paradoxes and was interested in the relationship between the painted image and the visible world and between text and image.
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title:Le Miroir magique [The Magic Mirror]
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accession number:GMA 3997
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artist:Rene MagritteBelgian (1898 - 1967)
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:1929
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measurements:73.00 x 54.50 cm (91.60 x 73.10 x 6.30 cm)
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credit line:Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
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copyright:© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018.
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Rene Magritte
Rene Magritte
Magritte was born in Belgium and, apart from a few years spent in Paris in the late 1920s, lived there all his life. Unlike many Surrealists, Magritte did not subscribe to the view that the unconscious could be expressed through chance or 'automatic' techniques. Instead, he planned and executed his…