A classic Surrealist painting by René Magritte, which has never been sold before, has been revealed as one of the likely blockbusters at Sotheby’s Modern and contemporary auction in London on March 3.
A day after Sotheby’s tested the strength of the trophy market with its $65.5 million Claude Monet, rival Christie’s did one better—by auctioning off a $121.2 million René Magritte. “Empire of Lights, ...
A rare painting from René Magritte’s famous “L’empire des lumières” series is estimated to sell for more than $95 million at Christie’s New York this fall, a sum that would break the Surrealist artist ...
René Magritte’s famous painting L’empire des Lumières (1954) fetched $121.2 million at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday night, setting a new auction record for the Belgian Surrealist painter. The ...
René Magritte, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), oil on canvas, 57 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (145.4 x 113 cm) (image courtesy Christie's, New York) As this year's centennial celebrations of Surrealism come to ...
A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape sold for more than $121 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday –– surpassing its $95 million estimate and smashing the ...
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See How René Magritte’s Dreamlike Paintings Evolved Over Four Decades at a New Exhibition in Australia
René Magritte is best known for his Surrealist masterpieces like The Son of Man (1964), which bend reality and subvert ...
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