id:			156567
accession number:	1992.274
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.274
updated:		2024-08-08 15:16:44.751000

The Human Condition, 1945. René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967). Watercolor, crayon over graphite, ink and gouache; sheet: 42.2 x 32.2 cm (16 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.274 ©  C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				The Human Condition
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creation date:			1945
creation date earliest:		1945
creation date latest:		1945
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creditline:			Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
copyright:			©  C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	Belgium, 20th century
technique:	watercolor, crayon over graphite, ink and gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Belgian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 42.2 x 32.2 cm (16 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed, at lower right, in black ink: Magritte; inscribed, on verso, in pencil: La Condition Humaine
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Selected Acquisitions
	opening date:   1993-02-09T05:00:00
	<i>Selected Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

	title:		René Magritte
	opening date:   1996-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>René Magritte</i>. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (organizer) (June 20-October 27, 1996).

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).

	title:		The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art
	opening date:   2011-05-28T00:00:00
	<i>The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art</i>. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (organizer) (May 28-October 2, 2011).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Lockwood Thompson, Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-1992
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1992-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ottinger, Didier. <em>Magritte</em>. Exh. Cat. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1996.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 146
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	Ades, Dawn. <em>The Color of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 325; Reproduced: p. 311
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	Cassin, Barbara. "The Painter-King." In <em>Magritte: The Treachery of Images. </em>Didier Ottinger, ed., 114-141. Exh. Cat. Munich: Prestel, 2017.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: p. 119.
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	Salsbury, Britany. “Open Windows.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 26.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 26.
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