Art
"Le Faux Mirior" Framed MOMA Poster
- Item Number
- 219
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 35 USD to Smookeman
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
"Le Faux Miroir" presents an enormous lashless eye with a luminous cloud-swept blue sky filling the iris and an opaque, dead-black disc for a pupil. The allusive title, provided by the Belgian Surrealist writer Paul Nougé, seems to insinuate limits to the authority of optical vision: a mirror provides a mechanical reflection, but the eye is selective and subjective. Magritte’s single eye functions on multiple enigmatic levels: the viewer both looks through it, as through a window, and is looked at by it, thus seeing and being seen simultaneously. The Surrealist photographer Man Ray, who owned the work from 1933 to 1936, recognized this compelling duality when he memorably described Le Faux Miroir as a painting that “sees as much as it itself is seen.”
Framed Poster, 25"x33" Frame is 3/8" width in a dark bronze color that perfectly accents the print. Non-glare plexiglass.
Item Special Note
Like-new. Available for pick-up at the Atma Center in Cleveland Heights, otherwise shipping charges will be added to winning bid.
Donated By:
Jacquie Talbott
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