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Amour (Love) Paris, 1928 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Brachot NOTES: exterior wall blue
NOTES: exterior wall blue René Magritte and Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the Impossible) Paris, 1928 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Brachot
NOTES: exterior wall blue René Magritte and La Clairvoyance (Clairvoyance) Brussels, 1936 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print Private collection, Brussels
NOTES: exterior blue
Untitled (Photomatons) Paris, 1929 Sixteen gelatin silver prints mounted on board Collection Sylvio Perlstein, Antwerp
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NOTES: exterior wall blue La Mort des fantômes (The Death of Ghosts) Paris, 1928 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Brachot
NOTES: exterior wall blue Dieu, le huitième jour (God, the Eighth Day) Brussels, 1937 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Ford Motor Company Collection, gift of the Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
NOTES: exterior wall blue René Magritte and Le Barbare (The Barbarian) London, 1938 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print The Baltimore Museum of Art. Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore, 1988
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Photograph of L’Évidence éternelle (The Eternally Obvious) Brussels, 1930 or 1931 Photograph by Cami Stone (Belgian, 1892–1975) Gelatin silver print NOTES: exterior blue National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 1989
NOTES: exterior blue
Unidentified girl and Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the Impossible) Paris, 1928 Photograph by Raoul Ubac (Belgian, 1911–1985) Gelatin silver print (reversal print) Private collection
NOTES: exterior blue
Georgette Magritte with unidentified individuals and Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the Impossible) Paris, 1928 Photograph by Raoul Ubac (Belgian, 1911–1985) Gelatin silver print (reversal print) Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Brachot
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Edward James in front of Au seuil de la liberté (On the Threshold of Liberty) London, 1937 Photograph by René Magritte Gelatin silver print NOTES: exterior wall The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Ford blue Motor Company Collection, gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
NOTES: exterior wall blue E. L. T. Mesens hanging La Clairvoyance (Clairvoyance) at the London Gallery London, 1937 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels/ Archives for Contemporary Art in Belgium
NOTES: exterior wall blue René Magritte and Le Masque vide (The Empty Mask) Paris, 1928 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print Private collection, Brussels
Page: 4 1 René Magritte and Le Masque vide (The Empty 8 Edward James in front of Au seuil de la liberté Mask) (On the Threshold of Liberty) Paris, 1928 London, 1937 Photographer unknown Photograph by René Magritte Gelatin silver print Gelatin silver print PSDRAW Private collection, Brussels The Metropolitan Museum of Art,MAGRITTE New York. Ford Motor Company Collection, gift of Ford Motor 2 Dieu, le huitième jour (God, the Eighth Day) Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 Brussels, 1937 Photographer unknown 9 René Magritte and La Clairvoyance Gelatin silver print (Clairvoyance) Brussels, 1936 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Ford Photographer unknown Motor Company Collection, gift of the Ford Motor Gelatin silver print Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 Private collection, Brussels 3 Unidentified girl and Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the Impossible) 10 La Mort des fantômes (The Death of Ghosts) Paris, 1928 Paris, 1928 Photograph by Raoul Ubac (Belgian, 1911–1985) Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print (reversal print) Gelatin silver print Private collection Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Brachot 4 René Magritte and Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the Impossible) 11 Photograph of L’Évidence éternelle (The Eternally Paris, 1928 Obvious) Photographer unknown Brussels, 1930 or 1931 Gelatin silver print Photograph by Cami Stone (Belgian, 1892–1975) Gelatin silver print Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Brachot National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 1989 5 Georgette Magritte with unidentified individuals and Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the 12 René Magritte and Le Barbare (The Barbarian) Impossible) London, 1938 Paris, 1928 Photographer unknown Photograph by Raoul Ubac (Belgian, 1911–1985) Gelatin silver print Gelatin silver print (reversal print) The Baltimore Museum of Art. Purchase with Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Brachot Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore, 1988 6 Amour (Love) Paris, 1928 13 Untitled (Photomatons) Photographer unknown Paris, 1929 Gelatin silver print Sixteen gelatin silver prints mounted on board Private collection of Isadora and Isy Gabriel Collection Sylvio Perlstein, Antwerp Brachot
7 E. L. T. Mesens hanging La Clairvoyance (Clairvoyance) at the London Gallery London, 1937 Photographer unknown Gelatin silver print
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels/ Page: 5 Archives for Contemporary Art in Belgium PSDRAW MAGRITTE
La Faux Miroir (The False Mirror) NOTES: blue Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1937
C657 English only
NOTES: blue
L’Assassin menacé (The Menaced Assassin) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Kay Sage Tanguy Fund, 1966
NOTES: blue
Le Palais de rideaux (III) (The Palace of Curtains [III]) Paris, 1928–29 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967
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NOTES: blue
Les Muscles célestes (The Muscles of the Sky) Paris, 1927 Oil on canvas Deposited with the Magritte Museum, Brussels
NOTES: blue
Le Prince des objets (The Prince of Objects) Paris, 1927 Oil on canvas Galerie Vedovi, Brussels
NOTES: blue
Le Dormeur téméraire (The Daring Sleeper) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Tate. Purchase, 1969
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Le Paysage fantôme (The Phantom Landscape) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Private collection NOTES: blue
NOTES: blue
L’Apparition (The Apparition) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
C654 English only
NOTES: blue Le Monde perdu (The Lost World) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Purchase, 1984
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NOTES: blue
Le Miroir vivant (The Living Mirror) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Private collection
NOTES: blue
L’Arbre de la science (The Tree of Knowledge) Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas Patronage AG Insurance
NOTES: blue
Les Idées de l’acrobate (The Acrobat’s Ideas) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich
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L’Homme au journal (The Man with the Newspaper) Paris, 1928 NOTES: blue Oil on canvas Tate. Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery, 1964
NOTES: blue
Les Charmes du paysage (The Delights of Landscape) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Private collection, London
Tentative de l’impossible (Attempting the Impossible) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Japan NOTES: blue C656 English only
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NOTES: blue
L’Usage de la parole (The Use of Speech) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Private collection, Los Angeles
NOTES: blue
Personnage méditant sur la folie (Figure Brooding on Madness) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
NOTES: blue
La Trahison des images (The Treachery of Images) Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Purchased with funds provided by the Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection
NOTES: blue
L’Alphabet des révelations (The Alphabet of Revelations) Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas The Menil Collection, Houston
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NOTES: blue
Le Temps menaçant (Threatening Weather) Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
NOTES: blue
L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) Paris, 1930 Oil on canvas Tate. Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery, 1986
NOTES: blue
Grelots roses, ciels en lambeaux (Pink Bells, Tattered Skies) Paris, 1930 Oil on canvas Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
NOTES: blue
Les Chasseurs au bord de la nuit (The Hunters at the Edge of Night) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Private collection
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NOTES: blue
Profondeurs de la terre (The Depths of the Earth) Paris, 1930 Oil on four canvases Property of a West Coast collector
NOTES: blue
L’Évidence éternelle (The Eternally Obvious) Paris, 1930 Oil on five canvases The Menil Collection, Houston
C658 English only
NOTES: blue
Les Six Éléments (The Six Elements) Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
NOTES: blue
[Biomorphs with Words] Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Collection Sylvio Perlstein, Antwerp
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NOTES: blue
Les Perfections célestes (Celestial Perfections) Paris, 1930 Oil on four canvases Courtesy Brachot Gallery, Belgium
NOTES: blue
Découverte (Discovery) Paris, 1927 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
NOTES: blue
La Parure de l’orage (The Finery of the Storm) Paris, 1927 Oil on canvas Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ross
NOTES: blue
Le Sens propre (The Literal Meaning) Paris, 1929 Oil on canvas The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York
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NOTES: blue case Les Menottes de cuivre (The Copper Handcuffs) Brussels, 1931 Oil on plaster reproduction of the Venus de Milo Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
NOTES: blue case
Objet peint: Œil (Painted Object: Eye) Brussels, 1932/1935 Oil on panel glued to wooden base The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior gift of Arthur Keating, 1989
NOTES: blue case Ceci est un morceau de fromage (This Is a Piece of Cheese) Brussels, 1936 or 1937 Oil on canvas board in gilded wooden frame with glass dome and pedestal The Menil Collection, Houston
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NOTES: blue case
Le Fait primitif (The Primordial Fact) Brussels, 1936 Oil on panel with pebble Private collection. Courtesy Het Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
NOTES: blue case L’Avenir des statues (The Future of Statues) Brussels, c. 1932 Oil on plaster cast of Napoleon’s death mask Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany
NOTES: blue case
Objet peint: Œil (Painted Object: Eye) Brussels, 1936 or 1937 Oil on panel glued to wooden base Collection Timothy Baum, New York
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NOTES: white
Untitled Brussels, 1926 Cut-and-pasted sheet music, watercolor, charcoal, pencil, and ink on paper Private collection, Switzerland. Courtesy Simon Studer Art, Geneva
NOTES: white
Untitled Brussels, 1926 Cut-and-pasted printed paper and sheet music, pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg
NOTES: white
Le Portrait (The Portrait) Brussels, 1935 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy, 1956
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Le Jockey perdu (The Lost Jockey) Brussels, 1926 Cut-and-pasted sheet music, watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper Gale and Ira Drukier NOTES: white
C651 English only
NOTES: white
Untitled Brussels, 1926 Cut-and-pasted printed paper and sheet music, watercolor, pencil, and colored pencil on paper Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels
NOTES: white
Le Joueur secret (The Secret Player) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
C653 English only
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NOTES: white
La Sens de la nuit (The Meaning of Night) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas The Menil Collection, Houston
NOTES: white
Entr’acte Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas Private collection
NOTES: white
Le Double secret (The Secret Double) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle. Purchase, 1980
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[Portrait of Paul Nougé] Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels NOTES: white C652 English only
NOTES: white
Jeune Fille mangeant un oiseau (Le Plaisir) (Girl Eating a Bird [Pleasure]) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
NOTES: white La Fin des contemplations (An End to Contemplation) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas with metal snap fasteners The Menil Collection, Houston
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NOTES: white
Les Affinités électives (Elective Affinities) Brussels, 1932 Oil on canvas Private collection
C660 English only
NOTES: white
La Condition humaine (The Human Condition) Brussels, 1933 Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Gift of the Collector’s Committee, 1987
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La Lumière des coïncidences (The Light of Coincidence) Brussels, 1933 Oil on canvas Dallas Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon
C661 English only
NOTES: white
La Magie noire (Black Magic) Brussels, 1934 Oil on canvas Private collection
NOTES: white
Le Viol (The Rape) Brussels, 1934 Oil on canvas The Menil Collection, Houston
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Le Modèle rouge (The Red Model) Brussels, 1935 Oil on canvas Moderna Museet, Stockholm NOTES: white
NOTES: white
Le Modèle rouge (The Red Model) London, 1937 Oil on canvas Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
NOTES: white
L’Amour désarmé (Love Disarmed) Brussels, 1935 Oil on canvas Private collection
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NOTES: white
La Clef des songes (The Interpretation of Dreams) Brussels, 1935 Oil on canvas Collection Jasper Johns
C662 English only
La Clairvoyance (Clairvoyance) Brussels, 1936 Oil on canvas Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ross NOTES: white C663 English only
NOTES: white
La Lampe philosophique (The Philosopher’s Lamp) Brussels, 1936 Oil on canvas Private collection
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NOTES: white
La Représentation (Representation) Brussels, 1937 Oil on canvas mounted on panel Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
NOTES: white
Le Principe du plaisir (The Pleasure Principle) Brussels, 1937 Oil on canvas Private West Coast collection. Courtesy BLAIN|DI DONNA Gallery, New York
NOTES: white
La Reproduction interdite (Not to Be Reproduced) Brussels, 1937 Oil on canvas Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
C664 English only
NOTES: white
La Durée poignardée (Time Transfixed) Brussels, 1938 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago. Joseph Winterbotham Collection, 1970
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Les Habitants du fleuve (The Denizens of the River) Brussels, 1926 Oil on canvas Private collection NOTES: white
NOTES: white
Le Mariage de minuit (The Midnight Marriage) Brussels, 1926 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
NOTES: white
Au seuil de la liberté (On the Threshold of Liberty) London, 1937 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mary and Leigh Block, 1988
C665 English only
NOTES: white
Nocturne Brussels, 1927 Cut-and-pasted sheet music, gouache, and watercolor on paper Private collection. Courtesy Galerie 1900–2000, Paris
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NOTES: white
La Rencontre (The Encounter) Brussels, 1926 Oil on canvas Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
NOTES: white
Le Chant de l’orage (The Song of the Storm) Brussels, 1937 Oil on canvas The Menil Collection, Houston
NOTES: white
Le Thérapeute (The Healer) Brussels, 1937 Oil on canvas Private collection
NOTES: white
Le Ciel meurtrier (The Murderous Sky) Brussels, 1927 Oil on canvas Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle. Purchase, 1979
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Untitled Brussels, 1926 Cut-and-pasted printed paper and sheet music and watercolor on paper NOTES: white Daniel Malingue
NOTES: white
Untitled Brussels, 1926 Cut-and-pasted sheet music, gouache, and watercolor on paper Private collection. Courtesy Keitelman Gallery, Brussels
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NOTES: white case Manuscript pages for “Les Mots et les images” (“Words and Images”) Paris, 1929 Blue ink, collage, pencil, and india ink on paper Eric Decelle, Brussels
C659 English only
NOTES: white case “Les Mots et les images” (“Words and Images”) in La Révolution surréaliste, no. 12 (December 15, 1929) Paris, 1929 Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
C659 English only
NOTES: white case Cover illustration for Variétés (January 1929) Paris, 1929 Periodical Private collection
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Cover illustration for Bulletin international du surréalisme, no. 3 (August 1935) Brussels, 1935 Periodical David Sylvester’s René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné NOTES: white Research Papers, Menil Archive, The Menil case Collection, Houston
Cover illustration for London Gallery Bulletin, no. 1 NOTES: white (April 1938) case Brussels, 1938 Periodical Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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Advertisements for atelier d’art (art studio) Floréal, and for Ravenstein restaurant, in Le Centaure (April 1927) NOTES: white Brussels, 1927 case Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
NOTES: white case Advertisements for joaillier-orfèvre (jeweler- goldsmith) Max Kerrels and for modiste (fashion designer) Jane Brouwers in Le Centaure (October 1926) Brussels, 1926 Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
NOTES: white case Advertisment for Couture Norine, back cover of Variétés (May 1928) Brussels, 1928 Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
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Illustrations for Variétés (January 1929) Paris, 1929 Periodical Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh NOTES: white case
NOTES: white case Le Sens propre, no. 1 (February 16, 1929) Paris, 1929 In collaboration with Camille Goemans (Belgian, 1900–1960) Leaflet The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
NOTES: white case Cover illustration for Minotaure, no. 10 (Winter 1937) Brussels, 1937 Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
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Pour l’année 1928, la Maison Samuel nous présente quelques manteaux (For the year 1928, the Maison Samuel presents some coats) Brussels, 1927 In collaboration with Paul Nougé (Belgian, 1895–1967) NOTES: white case Catalog The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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Sixteen Surrealists surrounding Magritte’s La Femme cachée (The Hidden Woman, 1929) in La Révolution surréaliste, no. 12 (December 15, 1929) Paris, 1929 Periodical NOTES: white The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. case The Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library
C659 English only
NOTES: white case Illustration in Distances, no. 3 (April 1928) Paris, 1928 Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
NOTES: white case Illustration in Distances, no. 2 (March 1928) Paris, 1928 Periodical Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de création industrielle
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NOTES: white case
Cover illustration for Qu’est-ce que le surréalisme? (What Is Surrealism?) by André Breton Brussels, 1934 Book The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
NOTES: white case
Illustration for Violette Nozières Brussels, 1933 Book The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
NOTES: white case
Illustration for Clarisse Juranville: Quelques Écrits et quelques dessins (Clarisse Juranville: Some writings and some drawings) Brussels, 1927 In collaboration with Paul Nougé (Belgian, 1895–1967) Book The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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NOTES: Two labels: one blue, one white L’Espion (The Spy) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Collection of Irma and Norman Braman, Miami Beach, Florida
NOTES: two labels: one blue, one white Les Amants (The Lovers) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Richard S. Zeisler, 1998
NOTES: two labels: one blue, one white Le Musée d’une nuit (One-Night Museum) Paris, 1927 Oil on canvas Private collection, London
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NOTES: two labels: one blue, one white Le Masque vide (The Empty Mask) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
NOTES: two labels: one white, one blue Les Jours gigantesques (The Titanic Days) Paris, 1928 Oil on canvas Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
C655 English only
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