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The Balcony by René Magritte — VisualArtsDB

The Balcony

The Balcony

1944–1954

Medium: Red chalk with stumping on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 44.5 × 36.5 cm (17 9/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

drawings (visual works)chalkchalk sticksprints and drawinginorganic materialstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)red chalk

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