Magritte, Ideas and Images

Magritte, Ideas and Images
ISBN-10
0810913003
ISBN-13
9780810913004
Category
Art / History / General
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
1977
Publisher
H. N. Abrams
Authors
René Magritte, Harry Torczyner

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