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Magritte's The Treachery of Images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe)


René Magritte, The Treachery of Images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe), 1929 (LACMA)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

 

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Magrittes The Treachery of Images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe), 1921
Belgian, worked in Paris
1929

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