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- Estimate
- £220,000–£280,000 hammer ≈ $366,740–$466,760
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century Art I , London · 10 December 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6604352
- Record
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René Magritte, L'éclat du jour. Christie's, 10 Dec 1998, lot 513. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6604352.
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René Magritte, L'éclat du jour. Christie's, 10 Dec 1998, lot 513. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6604352.
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From the same sale 20th Century Art I · Dec 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Piste du Cirque | Marc Chagall | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| Les Champs, Rueil | Maurice De Vlaminck | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Zum Rosa (Toward Pink) | Wassily Kandinsky | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| Landscape | Antoni Tàpies | £70,000–£90,000 | |
| Brutaler Pierrot | Paul Klee | £50,000–£80,000 | |
| Bord de Mer | Nicolas De Staël | £180,000–£220,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | La Folie des grandeurs | $609,600 | Sotheby's, May 2023 | |
| René Magritte | La gare | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | L'évidence éternelle: genoux | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| René Magritte | La Folie Almayer | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| René Magritte | Le Sens propre | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | Untitled (Le Sens propre) | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | Le changement de vitesse | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | La folie des grandeurs (Megalomania) | Phillips, Nov 2025 |
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.