The Treachery of Images
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The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Treachery of Images canonical | 3 |
| La Trahison des images | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1663983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Treachery of Images Context triple: [Surrealism, hasNotableWork, The Treachery of Images]
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A.
Promise of the Real
Promise of the Real is an American rock band led by Lukas Nelson, known for its roots-rock sound and frequent collaborations and touring with Neil Young.
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B.
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction is a seminal 1936 essay by Walter Benjamin that analyzes how mass reproduction technologies transform the nature, value, and social function of art.
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The Arcades Project
The Arcades Project is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus that assembles notes and reflections on 19th-century Parisian arcades to explore modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
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Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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E.
On Photography
On Photography is a section of The New York Times Magazine that explores the art, culture, and impact of photography through essays, features, and visual storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Treachery of Images Target entity description: The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
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A.
Promise of the Real
Promise of the Real is an American rock band led by Lukas Nelson, known for its roots-rock sound and frequent collaborations and touring with Neil Young.
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B.
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction is a seminal 1936 essay by Walter Benjamin that analyzes how mass reproduction technologies transform the nature, value, and social function of art.
-
C.
The Arcades Project
The Arcades Project is Walter Benjamin’s unfinished, posthumously published magnum opus that assembles notes and reflections on 19th-century Parisian arcades to explore modernity, capitalism, and urban life.
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D.
Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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E.
On Photography
On Photography is a section of The New York Times Magazine that explores the art, culture, and impact of photography through essays, features, and visual storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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surrealist artwork ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| background | plain background ⓘ |
| captionLanguage | French ⓘ |
| city | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| collection | Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin | Belgium ⓘ |
| creator | René Magritte ⓘ |
| creatorMovement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Belgian ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | realistic depiction of a pipe ⓘ |
| depicts | a pipe ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Ceci n’est pas une pipe
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surface form:
the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”
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| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasCaption | Ceci n’est pas une pipe ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently reproduced in art history textbooks
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iconic image in 20th-century art ⓘ widely referenced in discussions of semiotics ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation | the painting states that the image is not an actual pipe but a representation ⓘ |
| hasType | text-and-image painting ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| influenced |
conceptual art movement
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postmodern art theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | philosophical ideas about signs and symbols ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | painted text ⓘ |
| languageElement | French sentence ⓘ |
| location | Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
illusion
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language ⓘ reality ⓘ representation ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableQuote | Ceci n’est pas une pipe ⓘ |
| partOf | René Magritte’s series of pipe paintings ⓘ |
| questionedConcept |
relationship between images and reality
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relationship between words and things ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of naive realism
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philosophy of language ⓘ the difference between an object and its representation ⓘ |
| title |
The Treachery of Images
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La Trahison des images
The Treachery of Images self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Treachery of Images Description of subject: The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La Trahison des images