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| Type | Artwork |
| Author | René Magritte |
| Movement | Surrealism |
| Where | The Museum of Modern Art |
| Year | 1928 |
| Note created | Feb 12, 2026 |
Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 × 28 7/8” (54 × 73.4 cm). Two figures kiss with their faces shrouded in cloth, a haunting Surrealist image of desire thwarted by concealment. Painted in Paris, the veiled faces have been linked to Magritte’s childhood trauma of his mother’s drowning.