The Menaced Assassin
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The Menaced Assassin is a 1927 surrealist painting by René Magritte that depicts a mysterious crime scene filled with unsettling, dreamlike details and hidden narrative tension.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Menaced Assassin canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| collection | permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | René Magritte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
assassin
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bloodied nude woman on a couch ⓘ bowler-hatted men ⓘ crime scene ⓘ figures watching from a balcony ⓘ man with a net ⓘ murdered woman ⓘ open door ⓘ phonograph ⓘ suitcase ⓘ train in the distance ⓘ two men with clubs ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | Magrittean surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | interpretations of narrative in surrealist painting ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject | assassin in a room after a murder ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disjunction between appearance and reality
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dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ mystery ⓘ suspense ⓘ violence ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| location |
Museum of Modern Art
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementContext | interwar European avant-garde ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
ambiguous narrative
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hidden menace ⓘ suspended action ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | René Magritte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L'Assassin menacé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | René Magritte's early surrealist period ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
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