The Eternally Obvious

1948

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions: Overall: 78 in. × 24 in. × 1 3/8 in. (198.1 × 61 × 3.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2002.456.12a–e
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Eternally Obvious — René Magritte. 1948.

Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on board. Dimensions: Overall: 78 in. × 24 in. × 1 3/8 in. (198.1 × 61 × 3.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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