In praise of dialectics
(L'Éloge de la dialectique)
(1937)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
65.5 × 54.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1971
© Rene Magritte/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: magritte
Accession Number
EA2-1971
Department
International Painting
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
Subjects (general)
Architecture Fantasy
Subjects (specific)
buildings (structures) exterior houses interior scale (relative size) windows
Movements
Surrealism