Why it matters
A painted pipe sits above the words 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe': this is not a pipe. Magritte explained: 'could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation.'
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1929.
- Its title is The Treachery of Images.
- Breton and Éluard joked 'Poetry is a pipe' in reference to it.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Treachery of Images (CC BY-SA 4.0).
