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- Estimate
- £600,000–£800,000 hammer ≈ $828,864–$1,105,152
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Surrealist Art Evening Sale, London · 28 February 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4638191
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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René Magritte, ciel-bouteille. Sotheby's, 28 Feb 2018, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4638191.
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René Magritte, ciel-bouteille. Sotheby's, 28 Feb 2018, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4638191.
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From the same sale Surrealist Art Evening Sale · Feb 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| femme et oiseau v/x | Joan Miró | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 | |
| portrait de joan miró, peintre bénit | Max Ernst | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| sans titre | Yves Tanguy | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| espagnole | Francis Picabia | £350,000–£450,000 | |
| étude pour 'gradiva' | Salvador Dalí | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| gradiva | Salvador Dalí | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | Portrait de P.-G. Van Hecke | $919,081 | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | |
| René Magritte | La voix du sang (Blood will tell) | Christie's, Oct 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | L'école buissonnière | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | Sans titre | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | La Naissance des fleurs | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| René Magritte | La belle hérétique | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| René Magritte | La race blanche | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| René Magritte | Minotaure (Projet de couverture) | Sotheby's, Oct 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.