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Author Mark Dingemanse
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Magritte’s best known work by far is of course his drawing of a pipe with the text Ceci n’est pas une pipe . He made several versions over the years, but the work originated in 1928 or 1929. The title Magritte gave to this painting is La trahison des images — the treachery of images.