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The Secret Life
1928
René Magritte
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Secret Life, 1928. René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967). Oil on canvas; unframed: 57.2 x 75.9 x 2.9 cm (22 1/2 x 29 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.298 © C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York This is the first of many paintings Magritte made with the title The Secret Life.
- Maker/Artist
- Magritte, René
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 57.2 x 75.9 x 2.9 cm (22 1/2 x 29 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Magritte [inscribed on back: "LA VIE SECRÈTE" (II.) 20P.]
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1992.298
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
- Exhibitions
- Selected Acquisitions, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Magritte Machine, CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
- Museum Location
- 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
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