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Photo Booth Portraits

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People cited Maxime Alexandre, Jacques-André Boiffard, Jean Caupenne, Simone Prévert, née Dienne, Pierre Unik, Pierre Prévert, Marcel Duhamel, Suzanne Muzard, ép. Cordonnier, André Breton, Paul Éluard

Description

Part of the photo booth photography used by Andre Breton to frame Magritte’s painting, I Do Not See the Woman Hidden in the Forest.

The painting is reproduced in The Surrealist Revolution, No. 12, December 15, 1929. Pictured among others : André Breton, Paul Éluard, Suzanne Muzard, Marcel Duhamel. [Auction catalogue, 2003].

Readers who are able to identify the other portraits are invited to modify this notice via the wiki, or to leave a comment in the space provided. [André Breton website, 2018]

Exhibitions

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne/ Centre Georges Pompidou, La Subversion des images: Surréalisme, photographie, film, 2009 (photos reproduites en partie)

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991 (image 3)

Bibliography

- La Révolution surréaliste, cinquième année, n° 12, 15 décembre 1929, rep.s.p.
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne/ Centre Georges Pompidou, La Subversion des images: Surréalisme, photographie, film, 2009, rep.pp. 49-57 (photos reproduites en partie)
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991, rep.p. 193 (image 3)

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The Hidden Woman

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René Magritte

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Oil on canvas from 1929, painted by Magritte during his stay in Paris.

[Exhibitions] 1938, International Exhibition os Surrealism, [Journal] La Révolution surréaliste, Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives