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- ↑ Lipinski, Lisa (4 April 2019). René Magritte and the Art of Thinking. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-62643-9.
- ↑ "Œuvre " Le joueur secret " – Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". www.fine-arts-museum.be.
- ↑ "René Magritte. Le Joueur secret (The Secret Player). Brussels, 1927 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
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