Lot 119 · The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale
Le stropiat
René Magritte · gouache and gold paint on paper
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- Estimate
- £1,000,000–£1,500,000 hammer ≈ $1,280,719–$1,921,078
- Result
- upcoming — 5 March 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, London · 5 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 12 7⁄8 x 16 in. (32.7 x 40.7cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3181153
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3181153 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3181153
René Magritte, Le stropiat. Christie's, 5 Mar 2025, lot 119. estimate £1,000,000–£1,500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3181153.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
94% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 383 held-out evening-sale lots the model scored about 94%, 96% sold.
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René Magritte, Le stropiat. Christie's, 5 Mar 2025, lot 119. estimate £1,000,000–£1,500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3181153.
From the same sale The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale · Mar 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuit de Noël | Paul Delvaux | £1,000,000–£2,000,000 | |
| La roue de l'orage | Wolfgang Paalen | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Digue et plage | Léon Spilliaert | £550,000–£750,000 | |
| Les cerfs-volants | André Masson | £600,000–£900,000 | |
| Fleurs | Max Ernst | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Elohim | Leonora Carrington | £400,000–£700,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | Le Compotier | $1,664,000 | Sotheby's, May 2026 | |
| René Magritte | Le Monde poétique | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | La magie noire | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | L'Idée fixe | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | Le modèle rouge | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | L'État de veille | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | La Race blanche | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | rené magritte | le traité des sensations | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 |
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.