Specifications
Title | Le poison |
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Material and technique | Gouache on paper |
Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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Location | This object is in storage |
Dimensions |
Height 33,5 cm Width 40,7 cm |
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Artists |
Artist:
René Magritte
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Accession number | 2943 (MK) |
Credits | Purchased 1977 |
Department | Modern Art |
Acquisition date | 1977 |
Creation date | in 1939 |
Provenance | Edward James, Chichester 1939-64; Edward James Foundation, Chichester 1964-77 |
Exhibitions | Brussels 1939; London 1973a; Rotterdam 1996a; Brighton 1998; Porto 2001; Rotterdam 2006; Lille 2012-13; Edinburgh/Hamburg/Rotterdam 2016-17 |
Internal exhibitions |
TEFAF - Collecting Collectors (2016) Gek van surrealisme (2017) |
External exhibitions |
Surreal Encounters - Collecting the Marvellous (2016) The Magical City (2012) De Melancholieke Metropool: stadsbeelden tussen magie en realisme, 1925-1950 (2013) Dalí, Ernst, Miró, Magritte... (2016) Dalí, Magritte, Man Ray and Surrealism. Highlights from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) Only the Marvelous is Beautiful (2022) Dal nulla al sogno (2018) Surrealist Art - Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) A Surreal Shock. Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) A Surreal Shock – Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) |
Research |
Show research A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
Literature | Hammacher 1973, p. 130; London 1973, p. 42 (as La bonne avonture), cat. no. 42; Sylvester 1994, p. 33, cat. no. 1142; Edinburgh 2016, pp. 215, 248, 259, cat. no. 101 |
Material | |
Object | |
Technique |
Gouache
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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Geographical origin | Belgium > Western Europe > Europe |