In the explanation for this work, which is now part of the permanent collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, the artist describes painting the central image and then in order to evoke its mystery he chose to place it in an immediately familiar setting, a sparsely decorated and austere living room.
In the explanation for this work, which is now part of the permanent collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, the artist describes painting the central image and then in order to evoke its mystery he chose to place it in an immediately familiar setting, a sparsely decorated and austere living room. Only one of the two candelabras, which are both empty and are sitting on the mantle, is reflected in the mirror and the clock between them reads 12:44. In the living room fireplace, something reminiscent of a coal-burning stove has been transformed into, for 10 points, a charging locomotive traveling on no tracks in this surrealist painting by Rene Magritte.
In the explanation for this work, which is now part of the permanent collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, the artist describes painting the central image and then in order to evoke its mystery he chose to place it in an immediately familiar setting, a sparsely decorated and austere living room.
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