René Magritte surrealist scene lifts Christie’s modern art auction in London
Auction records for Tamara de Lempicka and George Grosz boosted Christie’s latest Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art evening sales in London but it was a surrealist scene by René Magritte that made the largest contribution to the night’s total.
Against a £8m-12m estimate, A la rencontre du plaisir was pursued by five parties before it was knoc…