René Magritte The Menaced Assassin Brussels 1927
- MoMA, Floor 5, 517 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 59 1/4" x 6' 4 7/8" (150.4 x 195.2 cm)
- Credit
- Kay Sage Tanguy Fund
- Object number
- 247.1966
- Copyright
- © 2024 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- René Magritte has 14 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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René Magritte
Dec 15, 1965–Feb 27, 1966
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René Magritte
Dec 15, 1965–Feb 27, 1966
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Recent Acquisitions: Five European Painters
Dec 23, 1966–Jan 22, 1967
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Recent Acquisitions: Five European Painters
Dec 23, 1966–Jan 22, 1967
1 other work identified
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Surrealist Illusion from the Museum Collection
Feb 11–Apr 18, 1971
1 other work identified
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Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
2 other works identified
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Masterpieces from the Collection
Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983
1 other work identified
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Masterpieces from the Collection
Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
1 other work identified
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The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect
Mar 14–Jun 1, 1999
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The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect
Mar 14–Jun 1, 1999
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Making Choices
Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
3 other works identified
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
4 other works identified
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
4 other works identified
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
6 other works identified
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
4 other works identified
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
2 other works identified
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519: Architecture for Modern Art
Fall 2019–Fall 2021
1 other work identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Paul Gustave Van Hecke (1887 – 1967) of Galerie L’Epoque (1927 – 1929, then stock transferred to Galerie Le Centaure), Brussels. 1927 – 1929
Galerie Le Centaure (1921-1931), then Galerie Walter Schwarzenberg (1931-32), Brussels. 1929 – [likely until February 1932]
E.L.T. (Edouard Léon Théodore) Mesens (1903 – 1971), Brussels and London (from 1938). Acquired in the early 1930s [possibly in 1932] – until 1966. (On loan to Casino de Knokke, Belgium, from 1962 to 1965.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Mesens with the Kay Sage Tanguy Fund, 1966
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