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René Magritte [1898-1967]
The Submissive Reader
France, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1928
92 × 73.5 cm, oil on canvas
The leading representative of Belgian Surrealism,
René Magritte distorted everyday objects to create
a feeling of strangeness. For example, the reader in
this painting does not seem submissive, as indicated
by the title, but instead rather spooked. The cause of
Highlights of the Collection her fright is not known to the viewer, who can’t see
which book she is holding in her hands.
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