La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967
1938
On view — Gallery 396 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
René Magritte painted Time Transfixed at a moment when he was attempting to elicit “poetic secrets” through his works. With both philosophy and psychology in mind, the artist challenged himself to juxtapose two images in such a way that they would suggest in the viewer’s mind a third un-pictured…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 147 × 98.7 cm (57 7/8 × 38 7/8 in.)
- Origin
- Belgium