Bill Brandt
René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels

René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels

© Bill Brandt / Bill Brandt Archive Ltd.

René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels
René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels
ArtistBritish, born Germany, 1904–1983
CultureBritish
Titles
  • René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels
Date1966
PlaceBrussels, Belgium
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 9/16 × 15 13/16 in. (47.1 × 40.2 cm)
Sheet: 18 9/16 × 15 13/16 in. (47.1 × 40.2 cm)
Mount: 25 × 21 13/16 in. (63.5 × 55.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Harry and Macey Reasoner in memory of Dominique de Menil, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.698
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceChristie's London.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Christie's South Kensington Ltd.
Exhibition History"Photographs by Bill Brandt: A Sense of Wonder," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, February 2-April 27, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "BILL BRANDT"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, center: "René Magrite [sic] / with his picture 'The Great War', / Brussel [sic]. / 1966."
Signed in black, recto of mount, beneath lower right of mounted image/sheet: "Bill Brandt"

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