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- Estimate
- £500,000–£700,000 hammer ≈ $660,101–$924,142
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Surrealist Art Evening Sale, London · 26 February 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4723356
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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René Magritte, la magie noire. Sotheby's, 26 Feb 2019, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4723356.
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René Magritte, la magie noire. Sotheby's, 26 Feb 2019, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4723356.
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From the same sale Surrealist Art Evening Sale · Feb 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| il vaticinatore | Giorgio De Chirico | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| double-face painting | Joan Miró | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| la horde | Max Ernst | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| dormeuse | Joan Miró | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| atrata | Francis Picabia | £1,500,000–£2,000,000 | |
| hommage à caïssa | Marcel Duchamp | £180,000–£250,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | L'endroit du décor | $1,046,915 | Christie's, Mar 2022 | |
| René Magritte | Le Viol | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| René Magritte | Portrait de P.-G. Van Hecke | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| René Magritte | Cinéma bleu | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| René Magritte | L'école buissonnière | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | Le couple | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| René Magritte | L'esprit et la forme | Christie's, Mar 2026 | ||
| René Magritte | Sans titre | Christie's, May 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.