Bijoux Indiscrets

c. 1963

René Magritte

Associated Names
René Magritte

Artist, Belgian, 1898 - 1967

A series of fine lines and shapes form an elongated hand stretching diagonally across this print, with the wrist near the top right and the fingers pointing towards the bottom left. On top of the wrist of the hand is the shape of a human face with closed eyes and a closed mouth. The hand seems to rest on a pale red surface, and the background above that is a gradient of pale pink at the top to tan where it meets the surface.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Kaplan, Gilbert E. and Timothy Baum. The Graphic Work of René Magritte. New York: II EDITIONS, 1982.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: "LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS"; lower right in image: Magritte; by later hand, lower left center in graphite: 39-405-1; $45-; by later hand, upper center: RENÉ MAGRITTE...Paris (printed label)

Wikidata ID

Q75425951

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