René MAGRITTE

In praise of dialectics
(L'Éloge de la dialectique)
(1937)

Medium

oil on canvas

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1971
© Rene Magritte/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

With their strange juxtapositions and memorable images, the paintings of René Magritte are based upon the belief that depictions of mental ideas are as valid as recordings of external events. Few artists have given us so many clear representations of the life of the inner self. In making the familiar so unfamiliar, however, Magritte also stops us short and reminds us of life as lived in the mind.

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

65.5 × 54.0 cm

Inscription

inscribed in black paint magritte

Accession Number

EA2-1971

Department

International Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1971
© Rene Magritte/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Architecture Fantasy

Subjects (specific)

buildings (structures) exterior houses interior scale (relative size) windows

Movements

Surrealism

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René MAGRITTE

In praise of dialectics
(L'Éloge de la dialectique)
(1937)