A major work by surrealist painter Rene Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month.

A painting by René Magritte is expected to sell for at least US$95 million at a Christie’s auction in November in New York. Titled L’empire des lumières, 1954, meaning “The Empire of Light ...

LONDON — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month. Christie ...

A 1954 painting by René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, has just sold for $121.2 million. The painting surpassed its $95 million estimate at Christie’s New York this week, making it the ...

The Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte has become the latest member of that exclusive club of artists whose work has sold for more than $100 million at auction.

LONDON (AP) — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month.

Magritte Painting Becomes Most Expensive Surrealist Work Ever Sold The Belgian artist’s uncanny scene sold for a whopping $121.16 million at auction. by Rhea Nayyar November 24, 2024 March 11, 2025 ...

An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, "The Empire of Light," sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New ...

A 1954 painting by René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, has just sold for $121.2 million. The painting surpassed its $95 million estimate at Christie’s New York this week, making it the ...

The painting includes several of the Belgian artist’s signature motifs, including a bowler-hatted man and fluffy white clouds on a blue sky.