Rene Magritte

La voix du sang

Found at Christies, New York
Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part I, Lot 20
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2022
Estimate: 12.000.000 - 18.000.000 USD
Price realised: 26.725.000 USD
RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La voix du sang
signed ‘Magritte’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (79.1 x 58.6 cm.)
Painted in 1948

Upper estimate price exceeded by 48 %.

In November last year Christies in New York held the auction Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part I, which included the work La voix du sang by René Magritte. The »bidding war« ended at USD 26,725,000.00 (€ 25,888,792.02), 48% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by René Magritte - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work L’empire des lumières, which sold at auction in March last year for GBP 59,422,000.00 (€ 70,451,468.85).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 48 % übertroffen

Im November letzten Jahres führte Christies in New York die Auktion Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit La voix du sang von René Magritte zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 26.725.000,00 (€ 25.888.792,02) und damit 48% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von René Magritte mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit L’empire des lumières beobachtet, die im März letzten Jahres für GBP 59.422.000,00 (€ 70.451.468,85) versteigert wurde.

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