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René Magritte
The Liberator1947

Not on view
Oil painting of a seated figure with an egg-shaped white head painted with silhouettes of a key, wine glass, bird, and pipe, holding an ornate face-mask scepter, with a surreal blue arched structure and landscape behind
Artist or Maker
René Magritte
Belgium, 1898-1967
Title
The Liberator
Date Made
1947
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 3/16 × 31 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (99.54 × 79.06 × 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William Copley
Accession Number
52.31
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1898-1967); [sold by 1948 to Alexander Iolas, Hugo Gallery, New York]; sold to William Copley (1919-1996), Beverly Hills; given in 1952 to the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art; transferred in 1961 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Roegiers, Patrick. Magritte and Photography. Ghent: Ludion, 2005.
  • Sylvester, David, and Sarah Whitfield. René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné. Edited by David Sylvester. Houston and London: Menil Foundation and Philip Wilson Publishers, 1992. Illustrated, p. 388.
  • Sylvester, David, and Sarah Whitfield. René Magritte: Catalogue Raisonné. Edited by David Sylvester. Houston and London: Menil Foundation and Philip Wilson Publishers, 1992.