On the Threshold of Liberty
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On the Threshold of Liberty is a painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. It depicts a large room surrounded by windows. Each window reveals a different scene: a sky, fire, wood, a forest, the front of building, an ornamental pattern, a female torso and a strange metallic texture featuring Magritte’s trademark spherical bells. Inside the room is a cannon.
This image was originally painted in 1929. A second version was painted in 1937 depicting a larger area of the room. Both paintings are oil on canvas. The 1929 version measures 45 x 51 3/4 inches and is on display at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The 1937 version measures 93 x 73 inches and is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 1983 the American trumpeter / synthesist Mark Isham composed a piece of music titled after this painting.
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