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Copied René Magritte, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."--George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., ca. 1962, gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 133⁄8 x91⁄2in. (34.0 x24.2cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.194
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Artwork Details
- Title
- “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1962
- Location
Not on view
- Dimensions
sheet: 133⁄8 x91⁄2in. (34.0 x24.2cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums Description
gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape — rocks
- Allegory — other — memory
- Allegory — quality — prudence
- Modern art movement — other — surreal
- Object — furniture — chair
- Object Number
- 1984.124.194
