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The Menaced Assassin

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Year
  
1927

Artist
  
René Magritte

Created
  
1927

Period
  
Surrealism

Medium
  
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
  
1.5 m x 1.95 m

Media
  
Oil paint

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Locations
  
Museum of Modern Art, Tate Liverpool

Similar
  
René Magritte artwork, Artwork at Museum of Modern Art, Surrealist artwork

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The Menaced Assassin (French: L'Assassin menacé) is a 1927 oil on canvas painting by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte.

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The main subject of the painting, a blood-smeared nude woman, is 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.

Ren magritte conservation of the menaced assassin


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The Menaced Assassin Wikipedia