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René Magritte — Le palais désert
René Magritte

Le palais désert

1928

René Magritte's surrealist masterpiece depicting an impossibly empty palace or architectural structure with a dreamlike quality. The composition features geometric forms and mysterious emptiness that characterizes Magritte's exploration of absence and presence.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Surrealism & Its Legacy

March 15, 2023

Estimate: $700,000$1,000,000

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René Magritte, Le palais désert , 1928

René Magritte's surrealist masterpiece depicting an impossibly empty palace or architectural structure with a dreamlike quality. The composition features geometric forms and mysterious emptiness that characterizes Magritte's exploration of absence and presence.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1928
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Surrealism, 1928, Mystery, Dreamlike, Architecture, René Magritte, Desert Landscape, Oil on Canvas

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Collected by

Sebastián Naranjo, Art Institute of Chicago