A rare painting by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte may set a record for the highest price ever paid for one of his works at auction. The painting is one from Magritte’s.
A rare painting by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte may set a record for the highest price ever paid for one of his works at auction. The painting is one from Magritte’s series “L’empire des lumières” that he produced in 1954 (see it at Christie’s). As CNN explains, the 27 paintings feature Magritte “explor[ing] light by painting a sunlit sky above a darkened street scene”, and the one going up for sale at Christie’s this fall is expected to fetch more than $95 million.
