René Magritte

Flemish (1898 - 1967)

René Magritte was a Flemish artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, René Magritte's estimated art value is C$200,000 (*)

René Magritte's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$100,000 - C$250,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a gouache work attributed to René Magritte (1898-1967) was C$188,800 - paid for "La folie Almayer" at Heffel in Vancouver on Thu, Oct 29, 2015.
ArtValue.ca has 7 auction art sale records for their gouache results, with prices in the range of C$100,000 to C$250,000.

This rare gouache, dated circa 1957, is from a series of gouaches on paper executed by René Magritte in the 1950s, all based on a similar oil painting entitled La folie Almayer first realized in 1951 (catalogue raisonné #759). At this time, Magritte had gained international recognition as a prominent figure of Surrealism, and was the subject of important retrospectives in Europe and the United States.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top gouache sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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