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Description

A series of photo booth photographs taken circa 1929, used by André Breton to frame Magritte’s painting, I Do Not See the Woman Hidden in the Forest.

Ten prints (some with several portraits on the same film strip). These photographs were part of the photo booth photography used by André Breton to frame Magritte’s painting, I Do Not See the Woman Hidden in the Forest, reproduced in The Surrealist Revolution, No. 12, December 15, 1929.

Pictured among others: E.L.T. Mesens, André Breton, Max Ernst, Suzanne Muzard, Jacques Prévert. [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

- La Révolution surréaliste n°12, Paris, 15 décembre 1929, rep.s.p. (reproduction partielle avec un tableau de Magritte)

 

Creation datecirca 1929
Physical descriptionTirage argentique sur papier
Place of origin
Copyright© ADAGP, Paris, 2012.
Reference4232003
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 5265
Keywords, , , ,
Categories1924-1930
Set[Journal] La Révolution surréaliste
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100688800
Place of origin