《文明人》
1944
René Magritte's 1944 oil painting titled 'The Civilized Man' presents surrealist imagery with his characteristic precise technique. The work explores themes of human identity and civilization through symbolic representation.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
June 29, 2021
Estimate: $1,000,000 to $1,500,000
Lot 151
Spotted works by René Magritte
Artists in conversation
Giorgio de Chirico
Italian · b. 1888
De Chirico pioneered metaphysical painting with the same precise oil technique and symbolic exploration of human identity and civilization that defines this Magritte work, using enigmatic figures and architectural settings to question the nature of existence.
Paul Delvaux
Belgian · b. 1897
As a fellow Belgian Surrealist working in the same era, Delvaux employed the same meticulous realistic oil painting technique combined with dreamlike symbolic imagery to examine human identity and the uncanny, making his work closely parallel to this Magritte piece.
Salvador Dalí
Spanish · b. 1904
Dalí shared Magritte's commitment to precise figurative oil painting within a Surrealist framework, using symbolic representation and meticulous technique to challenge perceptions of civilization, identity, and reality in ways directly comparable to this 1944 work.
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