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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N01738 · 12 February 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3031508
- Record
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René Magritte, two pages from a sketchbook. Sotheby's, 12 Feb 2004, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3031508.
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René Magritte, two pages from a sketchbook. Sotheby's, 12 Feb 2004, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3031508.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N01738 · Feb 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Po34 | Patrick Tosani | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| Untitled | Gerhard Richter | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Sound Series #6 | Wallace Berman | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Untitled | Alexander Calder | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Leda and the Swan | Reuben Nakian | $1,500–$2,000 | |
| September III | John Levee | $1,500–$2,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | M. Paquet, La philosophie et la peinture, 1979-1980 | $4,036 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2022 | |
| René Magritte | La Folie Almayer, (Plate III from Le Lien de Paillé, by Loui | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2021 | ||
| René Magritte | L'art de vivre (from the Le Lien de Paille portfolio) | Rago, Feb 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | Les moyens d'existence (Kaplan & Baum 20), 1968 | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | Poire et Rose, from Moyens d'Existence | Bonhams, May 2019 | ||
| René Magritte | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2021 | ||
| René Magritte | La Fidélité des Images | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| René Magritte | La folie almayer (from the Le Lien de Paille portfolio) | Rago, Feb 2023 |
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.