Magritte Classic “Dominion of Light”, Works by Monet up for Auction in London

KFGO ^ | February 22, 2022 | Angus MacSwan

[nickcarraway]

Rene Magritte’s paradoxical painting “L’Empire des Lumieres” (Dominion of Light) – depicting a night-time street under a bright blue sky – will be auctioned in London next week and could bring a record price for a work by the Belgian surrealist.

The painting, described by auction house Sotheby’s as “a masterpiece of 20th-century art”, has an estimate in excess of more than 45 million pounds ($60 million).

It is the star attraction of Sotheby’s spring auction of modern and contemporary art that also features six paintings by impressionist Claude Monet as well as works by Picasso, Van Gogh, David Hockney and others.

[PhiloBedo]

Late for the sky?

[BenLurkin]

[Republicanprofessor]

“The auction also includes five works by Monet, painted in the 1880s to 1890s as he moved away from impressionism and with a combined estimate of $50 million. A sixth painting of water lilies produced in the 1910s is also on offer.”

Ah....March 2. Wish I could afford some of these!!

[Albion Wilde]

It was also the inspiration for the cover of singer-songwriter Jackson Browne’s 1974 album “Late for the Sky”, with a 50’s Chevy parked outside a house in California. The artwork credit says “if it’s all reet with Magritte”.