René Magritte The Palace of Curtains, III Paris 1928-29
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32 x 45 7/8" (81.2 x 116.4 cm)
- Credit
- The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
- Object number
- 631.1967
- 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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The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Jan 17–Mar 4, 1968
2 other works identified
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Art of the Twenties
Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980
7 other works identified
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Art of the Twenties
Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980
6 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
16 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
5 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
8 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
12 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
5 other works identified
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
1 other work identified
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
1 other work identified
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
1 other work identified
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
1 other work identified
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Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary,
1926–1938 Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014
2 other works 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.
Ruth Peters, Brussels. By 1933
E.L.T. (Edouard Léon Théodore) Mesens (1903-1971), Brussels and London (from 1938). - 1954
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; and then private collection of Sidney and Harriet Janis. Acquired from E.L.T. Mesens, 1954 - 1967
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967
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