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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)

 

Creation datec. 1929
Physical descriptionTirage argentique sur papier
Place of origin
Reference4232011
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 5114
Keywords, , ,
Categories1924-1930
Set[Journal] La Révolution surréaliste
ExhibitionAlberto Giacometti - André Breton, Amitiés surréalistes
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100033000
Place of origin

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