1966／Oil on canvas
41.0 x 33.0 cm
SUMMARY
The figure depicted in this work, in spite of a human being, is pulled away from a human being itself by wearing a characterless ready-made suit and erasing its face. Likewise, from the apple floating in space, its character is also eliminated. The two characterless objects seemingly have no connection with each other and make an encounter that is made possible only in a painting. An “impossible encounter in everyday life,” a typical theme for Surrealists and Magritte, goes through a normal level of awareness and evokes a surreal sense mixed with astonishment.
ARTIST
René Magritte
1898-1967
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7 9, 2021 （Fri.）～8 29 （Sun.）
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400 Years of Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Oita Prefectural Art Museum (Oita, Japan)
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How to Read Western Paintings: Masterpieces from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan)
9 3, 2019 （Tue.）～10 22 （Tue.）
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1 12, 2019 （Sat.）～5 4 （Sat.）
500 Years of Western Paintings: Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Shanghai PowerLong Museum (Shanghai, China)
10 23, 2018 （Tue.）～12 23 （Sun.）
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4 29, 2017 （Sat.）～6 25 （Sun.）
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7 11, 2015 （Sat.）～10 12 （Mon.）
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9 10, 2011 （Sat.）～11 6 （Sun.）
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4 23, 2005 （Sat.）～6 5 （Sun.）
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8 1, 2003 （Fri.）～8 31 （Sun.）
A Great Masters of Impressionist and Modern Arts Iwate Prefectural Hall (Iwate, Japan)
4 18, 2003 （Fri.）～5 25 （Sun.）
The Great Masters of Art Fukuoka Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan)
1 2, 2003 （Thu.）～2 2 （Sun.）
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The Great Masters of Art Hida Takayama Museum of Art (Gifu, Japan)
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5 11, 2002 （Sat.）～6 2 （Sun.）
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