The most expensive auction sale of a Surrealist painting: "The Empire of Light" (1954) by René Magritte
The most expensive auction sale of a Surrealist painting: "The Empire of Light" (1954) by René Magritte. The sum of $121 million is also the highest price ever paid for a Magritte. The artist's previous record stood at $79 million; this time, at the Christie's sale, the estimate was already $90 million, so the new record was only to be expected
