Lot 601 · Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale
Shéhérazade
René Magritte · gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on card
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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $397,060–$555,884
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale, London · 9 February 2012
- Dimensions
- 9¼ x 7½ in. (23.5 x 19 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4618291
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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René Magritte, Shéhérazade. Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 601. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618291.
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René Magritte, Shéhérazade. Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 601. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618291.
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From the same sale Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale · Feb 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | BAMANA FIGURE, JONYELENI | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Book of Hours, in Latin with Some Rubrics in French, Use of Troyes, I… | BOOK OF HOURS, IN LATIN WITH SOME RUBRICS IN FRENCH, USE OF TROYES, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Sans titre | Yves Tanguy | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Two Legs and a Belly | Alexander Calder | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Personnages et oiseaux devant le soleil | Joan Miró | £4,000,000–£7,000,000 | |
| Peinture | Joan Miró | £350,000–£500,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | La Folie Almayer | $756,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| René Magritte | Le Printemps éternel | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| René Magritte | Untitled (Le Sens propre) | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | Dessin sans titre | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | Femme-bouteille | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| René Magritte | La folie des grandeurs (Megalomania) | Phillips, Nov 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | La malédiction | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | La place au soleil | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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.