Tableau (René Magritte And Jacqueline Nonkels)
Artist
René Magritte
(Belgian, 1898-1967)
CultureBelgian
Dateca. 1927
MediumGelatin silver print on postcard stock
DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in. (35.7 × 28.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in. (35.7 × 28.1 cm)
InscribedOn the verso, handwritten in pencil: [The first word is not clear) / "Expeor"? "tableau" / "Paris 1928" (with a 7 imposed over the 8) / "R.M>t; et Jacqueling Nonkels" / There is a "F" in a circle, a "7" in a circle, a "J" and the number "10".
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds
Object number93.19.1
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Not on viewLabel TextRené Magritte Belgian (1898-1967) Tableau (self portrait with Jacqueline Nonkels), ca. 1927 Gelatin silver print Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 93.19.1 A well known Surrealist painter, René Magritte began experimenting with photography and photomontage around 1929. His photographs, which can be viewed more as snapshots, document the private lives of his friends and family. Despite their informality, however, it is evident that Magritte acted as director, manipulating his subjects, including himself, to create controlled compositions that often reflect the imagery in his paintings. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years at The Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, September 11, 1993 - March 6, 1994. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. Published ReferencesSotheby's London auction catalogue, May 7, 1993, Lot 246. Brooks Johnson, _Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers on Their Art_ (New York: Aperture Foundation, 2004), 118-119.
Chris Bruno
