{"id":5617,"date":"2022-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=5617"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:09:35","slug":"in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/2022\/03\/29\/in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the Spotlight<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

MAGRITTE MASTERPIECE SELLS FOR \u00a359.4M<\/h4>\n\n
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The work is part of a series of 17 oil paintings, also known as L\u2019empire des lumi\u00e8res, which Magritte began in 1948 and returned to many times over the next decade. It was an immediate hit with both the public and collectors. This example is among the greatest in scale, and is the largest in a horizontal format. Sotheby\u2019s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Ren\u00e9 Magritte\u2019s L\u2019empire <\/em>des <\/em>lumi\u00e8res <\/em>was the star of Sotheby\u2019s Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction in London on 2nd March, exceeding its estimate of \u00a345m. Painted by the Belgian surrealist in 1961, it depicts a suburban street near Parc Josaphat in Brussels, where the artist lived in 1954 \u2013 an eerie scene that is said to have provided inspiration for the 1973 film The <\/em>Exorcist. <\/em>\u2018A masterpiece of 20th-century art, L\u2019empire <\/em>des <\/em>lumi\u00e8res <\/em>brings together the two most fundamental elements of daily life \u2013 those of day and night \u2013 onto one paradoxical canvas,\u2019 says Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby\u2019s Europe and Worldwide Head of Impressionist & Modern Art.<\/p>\n\n

The painting was created for Baroness Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, the daughter of collector and Magritte\u2019s patron, Pierre Crowet. It had remained in the family ever since, and was on long-term loan to the Mus\u00e9e Magritte in Brussels from 2009 to 2020 until the family decided it was time for the painting to make its market debut. Magritte first met Anne-Marie when she was 16 years old, but her likeness is found in a number of his earlier works. On meeting, Magritte famously said to her: \u2018Tu vois, je te peignais d\u00e9j\u00e0 avant de te conna\u00eetre.\u2019 (You see, I was already painting you before I knew you.) She later became a friend of Magritte and his wife, and appeared in many of the artist\u2019s most significant paintings.<\/p>\n\n

Until now, the auction record for a work by Magritte was $26.8m (\u00a320m) for Le <\/em>Principe <\/em>du <\/em>plaisir <\/em>at a Sotheby\u2019s auction in New York in 2018. \u2018We\u2019ve seen the market for Magritte go from strength to strength over recent years, with demand from contemporary art collectors in particular increase,\u2019 Helena says. sothebys.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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