
Familiar Objects by René Magritte, 1928.
Even when we are allowed to glimpse the faces of Magritte’s figures, their expressions are often as neutral and inconspicuous as their cloths and hairstyles. As in polyphysiognomic portraits, the upper half of a man is shown from five different angles, two of which are almost identical. In front of the eyes of each figure, in one case hiding them completely, float ordinary, everyday objects. But compared to the figures, the objects are unique individuals: it is man who is portrayed as impersonal and mass produced.
Calvocoressi, Richard. Magritte. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1979.