Magritte’s ‘Empire of Light’ Painting Sells for $42.3 Million

A little over a year after Sotheby’s sold a 4-foot-wide version of René Magritte’s iconic “Empire of Light” for a record-setting $79 million, the house sold a smaller, earlier version of the same house in silhouette for $42.3 million

The painting is the second-highest price ever for a Magritte as collectors vie for instantly recognizable worksRené Magritte’s ‘Empire of Light’ was estimated to sell for at least $35 million.Collectors were ready to see the “Light,” again. A little over a year after Sotheby’s sold a 4-foot-wide version of Belgian surrealist René Magritte’s iconic “Empire of Light” for a

, the house sold a smaller, earlier version of the same house in silhouette for $42.3 million on Tuesday. It was expected to sell for at least $35 million, but four collectors chased it higher in a nearly 10-minute-long bidding war.Continue reading your article with

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