René Magritte

Les Grains de beauté

Found at Christies, Paris
Art Impressionniste & Moderne - Oeuvres choisies, incluant Wave of Dreams. A private surrealist collection, Lot 5
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2023
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 5.000.000 EUR
Price realised: 3.402.000 EUR
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Les Grains de beauté
signé 'Magritte' (en bas à droite); inscrit '"LES GRAINS DE BEAUTÉ"' (au revers)
huile sur toile
55.3 x 45.6 cm.
Peint vers 1965
signed 'Magritte' (lower right); inscribed '"LES GRAINS DE BEAUTÉ"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.
Painted circa 1965 - Galerie Isy Brachot, Bruxelles (en 1968). | Galleria Schwarz, Milan (probablement acquis auprès de celle-ci vers

Auction result well in line with expectations

In April this year Christies in Paris held the auction Art Impressionniste & Moderne - Oeuvres choisies, incluant Wave of Dreams. A private surrealist collection, which included the work Les Grains de beauté by René Magritte. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of EUR 3,000,000.00 – 5,000,000.00, the actual price achieved of EUR 3,402,000.00 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 April diesen Jahres führte Christies in Paris die Auktion Art Impressionniste & Moderne - Oeuvres choisies, incluant Wave of Dreams. A private surrealist collection durch, in der auch die Arbeit Les Grains de beauté von René Magritte zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von EUR 3.000.000,00 – 5.000.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von EUR 3.402.000,00 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).

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