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- Estimate
- £4,000,000–£6,000,000 hammer ≈ $4,843,274–$7,264,911
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale , London · 28 February 2023
- Dimensions
- 11 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (29.6 x 41.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3383712
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3383712 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3383712
René Magritte, Le retour. Christie's, 28 Feb 2023, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3383712.
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René Magritte, Le retour. Christie's, 28 Feb 2023, lot 118. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3383712.
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From the same sale The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale · Feb 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taches solaires | Wolfgang Paalen | £350,000–£550,000 | |
| Visite jaune (Visite éclair) | Dorothea Tanning | £160,000–£240,000 | |
| Le voyage fantastique | Salvador Dalí | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| Rosine | Paul Delvaux | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 | |
| Homme et femme | André Masson | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Grand personnage | Jean | £800,000–£1,200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | Le Droit chemin | $7,502,700 | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | |
| René Magritte | Shéhérazade | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| René Magritte | L'ingénue | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| René Magritte | René Magritte 雷內・馬格利特 | Le miroir universel 萬向鏡 | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | Le savoir | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | l'étoile du matin | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| René Magritte | La valse hésitation | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | La recherche de l'absolu | Christie's, Nov 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.