René Magritte

Le coeur du monde

Found at Christies, New York
The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs, Lot 644
14. May - 14. May 2022
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 2.160.000 USD
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Le coeur du monde
signed 'Magritte' (upper left); titled 'Le Coeur du Monde' (on card affixed to the reverse of the frame)
gouache on card
7 1⁄4 x 5 3⁄8 in. (18.2 x 13.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1955

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

The work Le coeur du monde by René Magritte was worth USD 2,160,000.00 (€ 2,012,859.94) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 500,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by René Magritte achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work L’empire des lumières in March last year with an auction result of GBP 59,422,000.00 (€ 70,451,468.85).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Le coeur du monde von René Magritte war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres USD 2.160.000,00 (€ 2.012.859,94) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 500.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von René Magritte erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit L’empire des lumières im März letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 59.422.000,00 (€ 70.451.468,85).

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