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Author
People cited Louis Aragon, Camille Goemans, Simone Prévert, née Dienne, Albert Valentin, Pierre Prévert, Raymond Queneau, Suzanne Muzard, ép. Cordonnier, Jacques Prévert, 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.
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 date | circa 1929 |
Physical description | Tirage argentique sur papier |
Place of origin | |
Copyright | © ADAGP, Paris, 2012. |
Reference | 4232003 |
Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 5265 |
Keywords | Photography, photo booth, Reviews and Journals, Surrealist revolution, Surrealism |
Categories | 1924-1930 |
Set | [Journal] La Révolution surréaliste |
Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100688800 |


