Place de l'Opéra, Paris

1929

Rene Magritte Belgian, 1898-1967

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About the Artwork

Photography played a central role in the surrealist movement. Some of its quintessential images were first published in various magazines such as “La Revolution surrealiste” (1924–29), in which this photograph appeared. The photographs that Magritte created between 1928 and 1956 were, for the most part, small but magical documents of his family and friends in poses invented by him. He also devised haunting photomontages such as this image, in which the Palais Garnier (former home of the Paris opera) rises, like a gigantic mirage, from a meadow of serenely grazing cows oblivious to the phantom.

Title Place de l'Opéra, Paris

Artwork Date 1929

Artist Rene Magritte

Life Dates 1898-1967

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Belgian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Gelatin silver print

Dimensions Overall: 9 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (23.5 × 29.2 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F1983.1

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1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Photographs from Detroit Collections. Detroit, 1983, p. 22 (fig. 11).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Rene Magritte, Place de l'Opéra, Paris, 1929, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund, F1983.1.