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René Magritte, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."--George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., ca. 1962, gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 13 3⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in. (34.0 x 24.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.194
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Artwork Details
- Title
- “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1962
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 13 3⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in. (34.0 x 24.2 cm)
- Markings
- upper left in gouache: Magritte frame recto center left printed: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."/George... frame verso interior upper center in felt-tipped pen and ink: #26/G-145/CA-7 (written sideways)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums Description
- gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape
- Landscape — rocks
- Allegory — other — memory
- Allegory — quality — prudence
- Modern art movement — other — surreal
- Object — furniture — chair
- Object Number
- 1984.124.194