PacoPuddy — The name of the painting in English is “The Treachery (or treason) of Images” …Magritte’s point being that an image isn’t the object: it’s not a pipe but a painting of a pipe.
Al S is riffing on the words in French… but I don’t know whether he noticed, as I didn’t, a few hours ago, that the pipe in the comic is smoking.
It’s barely visible at the resolution we can get…but I guess the point of the strip, unlike the point of the painting, is that maybe it IS a pipe.
cdward about 11 years ago
Or IS it? If it smokes like a pipe…
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
PacoPuddy — The name of the painting in English is “The Treachery (or treason) of Images” …Magritte’s point being that an image isn’t the object: it’s not a pipe but a painting of a pipe.
Al S is riffing on the words in French… but I don’t know whether he noticed, as I didn’t, a few hours ago, that the pipe in the comic is smoking.
It’s barely visible at the resolution we can get…but I guess the point of the strip, unlike the point of the painting, is that maybe it IS a pipe.
J Short about 11 years ago
Superbowl.
jack fairbanks about 11 years ago
And he is not Mr. Carney
jack fairbanks about 11 years ago
Early sketch for the “seat warming toilet” fixture
DanReynolds about 11 years ago
Je ne comprende pas francais.
John Jackson Premium Member about 11 years ago
This may not be a pipe, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
decalwrites about 11 years ago
Oh, dear. This is getting out of hand. I feel so childishly ignorant. Perhaps I should call my Dada to explain.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 11 years ago
WildCatHerder … TRUE!
Oh, the Treachery!Oooh la Trahison des Images!