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Photo Booth Portrait

J.-A. Boiffard

Photograph

Author

Person cited Jacques-André Boiffard
By (photographer) non identifié

Description

Photo booth portrait of Boiffard taken circa 1929 to frame Magritte’s painting, I Do Not See the Woman Hidden in the Forest.

Photograph belonging to the photo booth photography used by André Breton to frame Magritte's painting I Do Not See the Woman Hidden in the Forest, reproduced in The Surrealist Revolution, No. 12, December 15, 1929. Pictured: J.-A. Boiffard.

Bibliography

- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne/ Centre Georges Pompidou, La Subversion des images: Surréalisme, photographie, film, 2009, rep. p. 53

 

Creation datecirca 1929
LanguagesFrench
Physical descriptionÉpreuve gélatino-argentique
4,3 x 3,8 cm
Museum

Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris : AM 2003-287(1)

Size4,30 x 3,80 cm
Copyright© Ph. Migeat/Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI
Reference4232009
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 5263
Keywords, , , ,
Categories1924-1930
Set[Exhibitions] 2009-2010, Subversion of the images, Beaubourg
ExhibitionLa Subversion des images | Photographie surréaliste
Permanent linkhttps://andrebreton.demo.logilab.fr/en/work/56600100379440