The Blank Signature

1965

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 81.3 x 65.1 cm (32 x 25 5/8 in.) framed: 98.4 x 82.5 x 4.4 cm (38 3/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1985.64.24
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Rene Magritte Fair Use (WikiArt source label)License details

René Magritte. The blank signature. WikiArt source label: Rene Magritte Fair Use. Proportional resize and JPEG compression; no crop. Source: https://www.wikiart.org/en/rene-magritte/the-blank-signature-1965

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. Museum accessioned painting; no museum-highlight designation or current-display claim. Source Wikidata creator identity matched exactly. Dataset textual dates checked against numeric search dates. Full provenance, inscriptions, terms and catalogue text preserved in the separate research staging record. Attribution: primary Collection credit: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

Artwork sources

Image source