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Photo Booth Portraits
Author
People cited Louis Aragon, Camille Goemans, Jacques Prévert, Simone Prévert, née Dienne, Albert Valentin, Pierre Prévert, Suzanne Muzard, ép. Cordonnier, André Breton, Raymond Queneau
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.
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, reproduced in The Surrealist Revolution, No. 12, December 15, 1929.
Pictured among others: André Breton, Suzanne Muzard et Raymond Queneau. [Auction catalogue, 2003]
Bibliography
- La Révolution surréaliste n° 12, Paris, 15 décembre 1929, rep.s.p. (reproduction partielle avec un tableau de Magritte)
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991, rep.p. 193 (images 1 et 3)
| Creation date | c. 1929 |
| Physical description | Tirage argentique sur papier |
| Place of origin | |
| Reference | 4232006 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 5374 |
| Keywords | Photography, photo booth, portraits, Surrealist revolution |
| Categories | 1924-1930 |
| Set | [Journal] La Révolution surréaliste |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100233160 |
