René Magritte's L'Empire des Lumieres, Empire of Light, breaks artist's auction record - ABC News

Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright blue sky, René Magritte's 1961 L'Empire des Lumieres — Empire of Light — has sold for a hammer price of $94.5 million.

A paradoxical painting of a scene that could have never existed has set a new record auction price for surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte. Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright … [+1703 chars]

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