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Magritte Masterpiece Fetches $121 Million At Christie’s New York, Setting New Auction Record For Surrealist Master
Darkened trees pierce into white cumulus clouds lingering in a pastel-blue sky, as we gaze intently at a street scene oscillating between day and night.
René Magritte Painting Sells for a Record-Breaking $121.2 Million
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,” the painter’s 1954 dichotomy of night and ...
Magritte’s Surrealist Masterpiece Sets $121.2 Million Auction Record
Rene Magritte’s painting "L’empire des lumières" fetched $121.2 million at Christie’s New York, a new record for the Belgian Surrealist.
New York auction records expected for a Magritte... and a banana
The seminal 1954 work is one of a series of paintings from the Surrealist master depicting the interplay of shadow and light. Its estimated price is $95 million, which would easily shatter the previous record for a Magritte,
New York auction records expected for a Magritte painting and a banana
Christie's is hoping that with the Magritte and a celebrated 1964 painting of a gas station by the 86-year-old American pop artist Ed Ruscha, it can reinvigorate an art market that has slowed since 20
Magritte Painting Sells for $121 Million, Setting Auction Record
A painting by the surrealist artist René Magritte has sold for $121.2 million at Christie’s in New York, setting a new record for the artist at auction and becoming the biggest-ticket lot of this year’s New York November sales season.
Magritte, Master of Surrealism, Joins the $100 Million Dollar Club
Move over, Picasso, van Gogh and Warhol. With an inscrutable painting, the Belgian painter breaks a nine-figure threshold at ...
René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record $121 million
A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape has smashed the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work.
Hopes Magritte and Monet paintings in autumn New York sales can shake up auction market
Christie’s and Sotheby’s New York auctions this week also include works by Ed Ruscha and Keith Haring and one of Maurizio ...
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A $1.5 million banana? Trump’s win might help make that happen this week
More than 1,600 auction lots this week are estimated to fetch more than $1 billion — including Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” ...
Mica’s Magritte, a Train Full of Harings, and Cattelan’s Banana: It’s Auction Week in New York
With an estimated $1.6 billion worth of work under the gavel next week in New York, could the art market start to shake off ...
There’s a bumper crop of art hitting the New York market this week. Will Trump help?
A banana duct-taped to a wall first sold in 2019 for $120,000. It could fetch up to $1.5 million this week during a Sotheby’s ...
Will a ‘Trump Bump’ Help the Art Market’s Biggest Week?
After the U.S. election, auctioneers are looking to woo reluctant bidders back. Watch these 6 bellwether artworks to see how ...