The Telescope (Magritte)

Painting by René Magritte

The Telescope

Artist| René Magritte
Year| 1963
Medium| Oil on canvas
Dimensions| 176.1 cm × 114.9 cm (69+5⁄16 in × 45+1⁄4 in)
Location| Menil Collection, Houston

The Telescope (French: Le Téléscope) is a 1963 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte.[1]

The painting depicts a window through which a partly clouded blue sky can be seen. However, the right side of the window is partially open, revealing a black background where the viewer would expect to see a continuation of the clouds and sky.

## See also

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* List of paintings by René Magritte
* 1963 in art

## References

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1. ^ "Magritte, Rene: La lunette d'approche (The Telescope)".

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René Magritte

Paintings|

* List of paintings
* The Difficult Crossing (1926; 1963)
* Le Joueur Secret (1927)
* The Enchanted Pose (1927)
* The Menaced Assassin (1927)
* The Meaning of Night (1927)
* The Adulation of Space (1927–1928)
* The Empty Mask (1928)
* The False Mirror (1928)
* The Treachery of Images (1929)
* On the Threshold of Liberty (1929/1937)
* The Voice of Space (1931)
* Elective Affinities (1933)
* The Human Condition (1933/1935)
* The Portrait (1935)
* Not to Be Reproduced (1937)
* Time Transfixed (1938)
* The Palace of Memories (1939)
* The Empire of Light (1949–1954)
* The Seducer (1950)
* The Listening Room (1952)
* Golconda (1953)
* The Good Example (1953)
* The Mysteries of the Horizon (1955)
* 16th September (1956)
* The Alarm Clock (1957)
* The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959)
* The Telescope (1963)
* The Son of Man (1964)

Museums|

* Magritte Museum (Brussels)
* René Magritte Museum (Jette)

Related|

* "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War" (1983 song)

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