The Menaced Assassin
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Artist | René Magritte |
Year | 1927 |
Catalogue | 79267 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 150.4 cm × 195.2 cm (59.2 in × 76.9 in) |
Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York City |
Accession | 247.1966 |
The Menaced Assassin (French: L'Assassin menacé) is a 1927 oil on canvas painting by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte.
The main subject of the painting is a blood-smeared nude woman, seen lying on a couch. The assassin of the painting's title, a well-dressed man, stands ready to leave, his coat and hat on a chair next to his bag. He is however delayed by the sound of music, and in an unhurriedly relaxed manner, listens to a gramophone. In the meantime, two men armed with club and net wait in the foyer to ensnare him, as three more men also watch from over the balcony. Outside, we can see snowy mountains. It is a simple painting at first glance, typical of Magritte and surrealist art in general.
See also
- List of paintings by René Magritte
- 1927 in art
References
- Museum of Modern Art (November 2004). MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art. pp. 103. ISBN 978-0-87070-490-1.
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- List of paintings
- The Difficult Crossing (1926; 1963)
- Le Joueur Secret (1927)
- The Enchanted Pose (1927)
- The Menaced Assassin (1927)
- The Meaning of Night (1927)
- The Adulation of Space (1927–1928)
- The Empty Mask (1928)
- The False Mirror (1928)
- The Treachery of Images (1929)
- On the Threshold of Liberty (1929/1937)
- The Voice of Space (1931)
- Elective Affinities (1933)
- The Human Condition (1933/1935)
- The Portrait (1935)
- Not to Be Reproduced (1937)
- Time Transfixed (1938)
- The Palace of Memories (1939)
- The Empire of Light (1949–1954)
- The Seducer (1950)
- The Listening Room (1952)
- Golconda (1953)
- The Mysteries of the Horizon (1955)
- 16th September (1956)
- The Alarm Clock (1957)
- The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959)
- The Telescope (1963)
- The Son of Man (1964)
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