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.
