The Indiscrete Jewels (Les Bijoux indiscrets)

Artist René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967

Date1963

MediumColor lithograph on paper

Dimensions9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (23.5 x 29.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number74.1.38

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceSotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., NYPublished ReferencesSotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. Sale no. 3690, Old Master Prints-Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints, November 7–8, 1974, cat. lot no. 371, p. 103, illus.

"Recent Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 13, nos. 1 and 2 (1975), cat. no. 36, illus. (b-w).

Charmaine Cadeau, "Tell everyone you know – a response to The Indiscreet Jewels by Magritte" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 176.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” November 23,1975–February 1, 1976.

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