Image record
Golconda
Magritte's 1953 painting of identical bowler-hatted men suspended over rooftops, the closing image of the essay.
Unverifieddraft
- Creator
- rene-magritte
- Created
- 1953
- Medium
- painting
- Held by
- The Menil Collection, Houston
- Rights
- fair dealingGolconda, René Magritte, 1953
Placed after the final line, with no caption argument attached. Identical figures raining from the sky, none of them distinguishable from another, is the essay's conclusion restated without words.
In copyright until the end of 2037. The holding institution is recorded from general knowledge and has not been confirmed.
Links to
- created by
- René Magritte
- used in
- You Can't Shame a Fork
Referenced by
- illustrated by
- You Can't Shame a Fork
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