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Photo Booth Portraits

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People cited Paul Éluard, Louis Aragon, Luis Buñuel, André Breton, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy

Description

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.

The painting is reproduced in The Surrealist Revolution, No. 12, December 15, 1929. Ten prints (some with several portraits on the same film strip).

From left to right, image by image:

Image 1 - Paul Éluard,
Image 2 - René Magritte,
Image 3 - Yves Tanguy,
Images 4 and 5 - Luis Buñuel,
Image 6 - André Breton,
Image 7 - Salvador Dalí,
Image 8 - Max Ernst,
Images 9 and 10 - Louis Aragon. [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Exhibitions

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991 (photos reproduites en partie)

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne/ Centre Georges Pompidou, La Subversion des images: Surréalisme, photographie, film, 2009 (pour une partie des images)

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Bibliography

- La Révolution surréaliste, cinquième année, n° 12, 15 décembre 1929, rep.s.p.
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991, rep.p. 193 (photos reproduites en partie)
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, La Subversion des images, 2009, rep.pp. 49-57 (photos reproduites en partie)

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The Hidden Woman

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René Magritte

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Oil on canvas from 1929, painted by Magritte during his stay in Paris.

[Exhibitions] 1938, International Exhibition os Surrealism, [Journal] La Révolution surréaliste, Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives