Vogelfänger (René Magritte, Brüssel, Boulevard Lambermont), 1955

Title

Vogelfänger (René Magritte, Brüssel, Boulevard Lambermont) (Original Title)

Title Translation

Bird catcher (René Magritte, Brussels, Boulevard Lambermont)

Photographer

• René Magritte

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Silver gelatine print on baryta paper

Material

• silver salt solution
• baryta paper
• Silver gelatine emulsion

Technique

• silver gelatin print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nachlass-Stempel "Georgette-Magritte" auf der Rückseite

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

© René Magritte

Acquisition

Acquired in 2016 as a gift from Ulrich Schacht, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• portrait
• self-portrait

Main Motif

• artist portrait
• René Magritte
• man
• building
• tree
• Brussels

Persons Shown

• René Magritte

Primary

• 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist
• 48B2 artist in non-work situation
• 31D14 adult man
• 31A231 standing figure

Secondary

• 41A38 balcony
• 41A32 door
• 41A33 window
• 41A673 potted plants
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 41A313 façade of inner court
• 25G3 trees
• 61E(BRUSSELS) names of cities and villages (BRUSSELS)