Posted on 02/24/2022 1:34:18 PM PST by 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.
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Late for the sky?
“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!!
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