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Le Masque Vide
MAGRITTE, Rene (1898 - 1967)
In his essay ''Words and Images'', published in 1929, the Belgian Surrealist Magritte observed that each image 'suggests that there are others behind it'. Viewed through a freestanding frame of irregular shape, these images are a sky, a lead curtain festooned with sleigh bells, a house façade, a sheet of paper cut-outs, a forest and a fire. The title evokes the fear of the invisible which pervades the artist's work and reflects the Surrealists' fascination with the subconscious.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2051
Creation/Production
MAGRITTE, Rene
Date: 1928
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/5/1973
Measurements
Height
(cm): 81.2
Width
(cm): 116.2
Height
(in): 31
Width
(in): 45
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 13
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