The Menaced Assassin [SEP] creator
The Menaced Assassin
The Menaced Assassin () is a 1927 oil on canvas painting by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte.
The main subject of the painting, a blood-smeared nude woman, is seen lying on a couch. The assassin of the painting's title, a well-dressed man, stands ready to leave, his coat and hat on a chair next to his bag. He is however delayed by the sound of music, and in an unhurriedly relaxed manner, listens to a gramophone. In the
, "A Passion for Light", "The Menaced Assassin", "Reckless Sleeper", "La Voleuse", "The Fast Hope", "L'Atlantide" and "The Muscles of the Sky"
- 1928 "The Lining of Sleep" (started in 1927), "Intermission" (started in 1927), "The Adulation of Space" (started in 1927), "The Flowers of the Abyss", "Discovery", "The Lovers I & II", "The Voice