
Giorgio de Chirico
The Red Tower
1913
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René Magritte
1931
Influenced by Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte sought to strip objects of their usual functions and meanings in order to convey an irrationally compelling image. In Voice of Space, the bells float in the air; elsewhere they occupy human bodies or replace blossoms on bushes. By distorting the scale, weight, and use of an ordinary object and inserting it into a variety of unaccustomed contexts, Magritte confers on that object a fetishistic intensity. The disturbing impact of the bells presented in an unfamiliar setting is intensified by the cool academic precision with which they and their environment are painted. The dainty slice of landscape could be the backdrop of an early Renaissance painting, while the bells themselves, in their rotund and glowing monumentality, impart a mysterious resonance.
On view
Artist | René Magritte |
Original Title | La Voix des airs |
Date | 1931 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 72.7 x 54.2 cm |
Credit line | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) |
Accession | 75.2553 PG 101 |
Collection | Peggy Guggenheim Collection |
Type | Painting |
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Giorgio de Chirico
1913
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Frank Stella
1968–69
Mirko Basaldella
1949
René Magritte
1953–54
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