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Author
People cited Marie-Berthe Aurenche, Jean Caupenne, Marcel Duhamel, Albert Valentin, Suzanne Muzard, ép. Cordonnier, André Breton
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 | |
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 |
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