René Magritte
Le Monde poétique
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 6.000.000 USD
Price realised: 4.165.000 USD
Price realised: 4.165.000 USD
Description
By Land and By Sea: The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le Monde poétique
signed Magritte (lower right); signed again and titled (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
38 ⅝ by 29 ⅛ in. 98.2 by 74 cm.
Executed in 1926.
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(probably) Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels | E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels and London (probably acquired from the liquidation sale of the above circa 1932-33) | Marck Henrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above in the late 1950s) | Renée Lachowsky, Brussels (acquired by 1967) | Galerie Beyeler, Basel | Galleria il Fauno, Turin | Condotti 75 (Maria Laura Drudi Gambillo), Rome | Galleria Paolo Sprovieri, Rome (acquired by 1986) | Private Collection, New York | Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1989, lot
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Le Monde poétique
signed Magritte (lower right); signed again and titled (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
38 ⅝ by 29 ⅛ in. 98.2 by 74 cm.
Executed in 1926.
------------------------------------------------------ 水陸相連：Paul Yeou Chichong 藝術收藏
(probably) Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels | E.L.T. Mesens, Brussels and London (probably acquired from the liquidation sale of the above circa 1932-33) | Marck Henrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above in the late 1950s) | Renée Lachowsky, Brussels (acquired by 1967) | Galerie Beyeler, Basel | Galleria il Fauno, Turin | Condotti 75 (Maria Laura Drudi Gambillo), Rome | Galleria Paolo Sprovieri, Rome (acquired by 1986) | Private Collection, New York | Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1989, lot
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May last year Sothebys in New York held the auction Modern Evening Auction, which included the work Le Monde poétique by René Magritte. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 4,000,000.00 – 6,000,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 4,165,000.00 (€ 3,881,278.54) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Modern Evening Auction durch, in der auch die Arbeit Le Monde poétique von René Magritte zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 4.000.000,00 – 6.000.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 4.165.000,00 (€ 3.881.278,54) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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).
René Magritte - Auction history
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