Ceci n’est pas une pipe

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"Ceci n’est pas une pipe" is the famous inscription in René Magritte’s painting *The Treachery of Images*, highlighting the distinction between an object and its representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork title
inscription
textual element in a painting
appearsInWork The Treachery of Images NERFINISHED
associatedConcept difference between word, image, and thing
metapainting (painting about painting)
the treachery of images NERFINISHED
associatedWithArtist René Magritte NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement Surrealism NERFINISHED
category French-language art inscriptions
famous quotations in art
conceptualFunction challenges assumptions about realism in art
highlights distinction between object and representation
illustrates semiotic difference between signifier and signified
culturalStatus iconic phrase in modern art
widely referenced in popular culture
grammaticalForm French declarative sentence
hasInterpretation commentary on the power and limits of images
commentary on the power and limits of language
critique of naive realism
statement that the painted pipe is not a real pipe
influenced later conceptual art
visual culture debates on representation
language French
mediumContext oil on canvas painting
negationType explicit denial of identity between image and object
philosophicalTheme illusion
language and reality
mimesis
representation
semiotics
referencedBy Michel Foucault’s essay "This Is Not a Pipe" NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor The Treachery of Images NERFINISHED
The Treachery of Images series NERFINISHED
roleInWork caption under an image of a pipe
script Latin alphabet
timePeriod 20th century
translationInEnglish This is not a pipe
usedAsExampleIn art theory
discussions of visual semiotics
philosophy of language
poststructuralist criticism

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The Treachery of Images famousFor Ceci n’est pas une pipe
this entity surface form: the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”
The Treachery of Images hasCaption Ceci n’est pas une pipe
René Magritte hasMottoOrInscription Ceci n’est pas une pipe
The Treachery of Images notableQuote Ceci n’est pas une pipe