MODERN, b. Lessines, Belgium
René Magritte. Photo: Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images
Auction totals
| Price confidence | Price momentum | Average lot Price |
| 66.9% | -0.7% | $6.3m |
| Percentage of lots sold above low estimate | Change in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1) | Average lot value over the period 2018–23 |
| (2018 to H1 2023) |
| $73.1m | 10 | $7.3m |
| Private sales value | Sold lots | Average price |
Top 10 artworks sold at auction
| (2018 to H1 2023) |
| RANK | TITLE | DATE | WHERE | WHEN | SOLD FOR |
| 1 | L’empire des lumières | 1961 | Sotheby's London | 2 Mar 2022 | $79.4m |
| 2 | L'empire des lumières | 1951 | Sotheby's New York | 16 May 2023 | $42.3m |
| 3 | Le principe du plaisir | 1937 | Sotheby's New York | 12 Nov 2018 | $26.8m |
| 4 | La voix du sang | 1948 | Christie's New York | 9 Nov 2022 | $26.7m |
| 5 | A la rencontre du plaisir | 1962 | Christie's London | 5 Feb 2020 | $24.6m |
| 6 | Le lieu commun | 1964 | Christie's London | 27 Feb 2019 | $24.5m |
| 7 | L'Arc de Triomphe | 1962 | Christie's London | 10 Jul 2020 | $22.5m |
| 8 | Souvenir de voyage | 1963 | Christie's London | 28 Jun 2022 | $19.6m |
| 9 | Le seize septembre | 1957 | Christie's New York | 11 Nov 2019 | $19.6m |
| 10 | Le Domaine d’Arnheim | 1949 | Sotheby's New York | 16 May 2023 | $18.9m |
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