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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $70,887–$99,242
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — THE ART OF THE SURREAL, London · 4 February 2002
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6175397
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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René Magritte, En face des murmures. Christie's, 4 Feb 2002, lot 64. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6175397.
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René Magritte, En face des murmures. Christie's, 4 Feb 2002, lot 64. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6175397.
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From the same sale The Art of the Surreal · Feb 2002
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| La mariée du vent | Max Ernst | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Tempio greco | Giorgio De Chirico | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Les ombres | André Masson | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (La boîte), series D | Marcel Duchamp | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| Apparition de la ville de Delft | Salvador Dalí | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| La géante | René Magritte | £400,000–£600,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Magritte | La belle lurette | $152,400 | Phillips, May 2024 | |
| René Magritte | L'Histoire centrale | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| René Magritte | La chambre d'Ecoute | Bonhams, Mar 2021 | ||
| René Magritte | Les menottes de cuivre | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| René Magritte | portrait de georgette | Sotheby's, Feb 2005 | ||
| René Magritte | La vie privée | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| René Magritte | VIe nocturne | Sotheby's, Dec 2016 | ||
| René Magritte | La leçon de musique | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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.