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.

Seven prints (some with several portraits on the same film strip). Various 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: André Breton, Paul Éluard, Jacques Prévert, Suzanne Muzard. [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Exhibition

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la Beauté convulsive, 1991 (image 2)

Bibliography

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991, rep.p. 193 (image 2)

Creation date	c. 1929
Physical description	Tirages argentiques sur papier
Place of origin	Luna Park 2, place de la Porte-Maillot  Paris XVIIe
Reference	4232010
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 5373
Keywords	Photography, photo booth, portraits, Surrealist revolution
Categories	1924-1930
Set	[Journal] La Révolution surréaliste
Exhibition	Surréalisme..., MNAM Centre Pompidou | Centenaire du Manifeste du surréalisme
Permanent link	https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100528260