Detail View: The AMICA Library: La durée poignardée
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1970.426
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Magritte, René
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Belgian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Belgian; 1898-1967
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Creator Name-CRT:
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René Magritte
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Title:
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Time Transfixed
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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La durée poignardée
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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1938
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Creation Start Date:
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1938
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Creation End Date:
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1938
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Classification Term:
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oil on canvas
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Classification Term:
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Modern and Contemporary Art
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Creation Place:
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Europe,Belgium
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Dimensions:
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57 7/8 x 38 7/8 in. (147 x 98.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1970.426
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Winterbotham Collection
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower right: MagritteTitled, inscribed, signed and dated on verso:"LA DURÉE/POIGNARDÉE"/80 P./MAGRITTE/1938
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Copyright:
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? C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Rights:
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Context:
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For Magritte, titles were verbal images carefully crafted to work in concert with the images in his paintings. Without suggesting a better alternative, Magritte in a 1959 letter complained that "Time Transfixed" was not a suitable translation of his original French title "La durée poignardée." In the same letter, Magritte explained this painted image as an example of the mystery of thought. Rather than use images that are in themselves strange or absurd (such as angels or the creatures of other Surrealists), Magritte brought together commonplace images in improbable ways, enhancing what is specific and mysterious about each.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E10169.tif
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