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by René Magritte, 1954
René Magritte created multiple versions of this disorienting scene, which shows a nighttime street beneath a bright daytime sky. The contradiction is subtle enough that viewers often need a moment to register what's wrong. Once noticed, the impossibility becomes deeply unsettling.
The image features a darkened house with glowing windows, silhouetted trees, and a lamppost against a blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds. Magritte painted at least 27 versions of this concept between 1949 and 1964, each exploring the tension between day and night existing simultaneously. The juxtaposition feels dreamlike without depicting anything fantastic.
Various versions reside in museums worldwide, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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