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Perspective II. Manet's Balcony, ca. 1950

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 84 x 65 cm
  • Inv. 1961-A

© Succession René Magritte - SABAM Belgium 2023

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Although the work of René Magritte is disquieting, ironic and poetic, it is rarely blatantly confrontational. In most of his work he pokes fun at reality. For example, The Balcony is not based on reality but on Edouard Manet’s painting, Le Balcon (Paris, Musée d’Orsay). Magritte’s painting is one of a series of works entitled Perspective. Each painting is a remake of an existing composition by Manet, Jacques-Louis David or François Gérard. In these compositions he replaces the figures with coffins.

Artist

René Magritte RKD VIAF Wikidata
Lessines 1898 - Schaerbeek (Brussels) 1967
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Title Perspective II. Manet's Balcony
Date ca. 1950
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: Magritte
inscription on the back of the canvas: perspective / (Le balcon de / Manet) (II) / 1950
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1961-A
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1961-A
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/137/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300417511 abstract art (general art genre) AAT
300056485 fantastic art AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
300134149 nonobjective AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
41A2 interior of the house Iconclass
41A333 window shutters Iconclass
41A3331 window shutters on the outside Iconclass
41A3332 window shutters on the inside Iconclass
41A38 balcony Iconclass
41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass
61 historical events and situations; historical persons Iconclass
42E141 coffin Iconclass
48A26 parody on art Iconclass
61B2(JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE GUILLEMET) historical person (JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE GUILLEMET) Iconclass
61B2(LEENHOFF, Léon) historical person (LEENHOFF, Léon) Iconclass
61B2(MANET, Édouard) historical person (MANET, Édouard) Iconclass
61BB2(FANNY CLAUS) historical person (FANNY CLAUS) - BB - woman Iconclass
61BB2(MORISOT, Berthe) historical person (MORISOT, Berthe) - BB - woman Iconclass
School / Style Surrealist AAT
René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné. I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930 ; II: Oil Paintings and Objects 1931-1948 ; III: Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes 1949-1967 ; IV: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967 ; V: Supplement, Exhibitions Lists, Bibliography, Cumulative Index ; VI: Newly discovered Works ; Oil Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings / David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield, Michael Raeburn, Lynette Cawthra. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1992-2012 ; Houston : Menil Foundation, 1992-2012 (dl. III, nr. 721)
'Belgen in Parijs. Fransen in Brussel', in : Knack Special : Paris-Bruxelles, / Wim (verantwoordelijke uitgever) Criel. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (ill. p 5)
200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 270 (ill. 199))
D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 278-281, cat 77)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 40 (ill.), 229 (ill.))
Magritte : A bis Z (Ausstellung 'Magritte : das Lustprinzip = The Pleasure Principle' Wien, Albertina, 09.11.2011 - 26.02.2012 ; Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, 24.06 - 16.10.2011) / Christoph Grunenberg, Darren Pih, Patricia Allmer, Xavier Canonne, Gisela Fischer. - Wien : Albertina (Wenen), 2011
Het sterrenalfabet van E.L.T. Mesens : Dada & Surrealisme in Brussel, Parijs & Londen (tentoonstelling Mu.Zee-Kunstmuseum aan zee, 06.07 - 17.11.2013) / Phillip Van den Bossche, Erich Weiss, Anouck Clissen, Christiane Geurts-Krauss, Virginie Devillez, Nele Bernheim. - Oostende : Mu.ZEE, 2013
Art in Europe after '68 (reconstruction of the exhibition in Ghent in the Museum of Contemporary Art, 21.06 - 31.08.1980 ; Ghent, S.M.A.K., 13.09.2014 - 15.03.2015) / Iris Paschalidis, Philippe Van Cauteren, Koen Brams, Dirk Pültau, Katrien Blanchaert, Florence Ostende. - Gent : S.M.A.K., 2014 (p. 234-238)
Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (p. 63 (ill. p. 18))
Antwerpen - Brugge - Gent : De musea en hun kunstschatten van Van Eyck tot Magritte ; ontdek het rijke erfgoed in drie Vlaamse steden ; de Vlaamse Kunstcollectie / Geert Souvereyns, Till-Holger Borchert, Paul Vandenbroeck. - Dijon : Éditions Faton, 2007 (p. 94-95 (ill.))
Magritte : Life Line (catalogue Lugano 'Magritte : La Ligne de la vie', Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, 16.09.2018 - 06.01.2019 ; Helsinki, Amos Rex, 08.02.2019 - 19.05.2019) / Xavier Canonne, Julie Waseige, Guido Comis. - Milano : Skira, 2018 (p. 143)
William N. Copley : The Coffin They Carry You Off In (exhibition Miami, Institute of Contemporary Art, 04.12.2018 - 12.05.2019) / Stephanie Seidel, Manuela Ammer. - Miami (Florida) : ICA Miami, 2018 (p. 14)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
Fantastisch real : Belgische Moderne von Ensor bis Magritte (Ausstellung München, Kunsthalle, 01.10.2021 - 06.03.2022) / Roger Diederen, Nerina Santorius, Herwig Todts, Cathérine Verleysen, Peter J.H. Pauwels. - München : Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung (München), 2021 (p.128)
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