Golconda
Magritte's 1953 painting of identical bowler-hatted men suspended over rooftops, the closing image of the essay.
ImageSources & confidence: High confidence
Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
Artist, 1953 date, medium and holding institution checked against the Menil Collection’s own record.
- Menil Collection — Golconda, V 414
Identifies René Magritte, 1953, oil on canvas, and explicitly marks the work in copyright.
What this check doesn’t establish
- Source identification does not establish permission to reproduce this asset.
- The figures’ meaning and connection to forking are editorial interpretations.
Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works
- Creator
- rene-magritte
- Created
- 1953
- Medium
- painting
- Held by
- The Menil Collection, Houston
- Rights
- fair dealingGolconda, René Magritte, 1953
- Reuse notes
- The existing catalogue records a fair-dealing rationale for this use. No asset-specific licence or permission is recorded; this source review does not establish legal clearance.
The painting closes the essay as an analogy for repeated identities. The Menil Collection confirms the holding and marks the work in copyright.
In the essays
- You Can't Shame a Fork
Read the essay
People
- René Magritte
Creator
Record history
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