Shéhérazade
1950
A mysterious and poetic composition by Magritte that embodies surrealist principles of enigma and visual poetry. The painting invites multiple interpretations through its dreamlike imagery and symbolic elements.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Evening Auction
November 14, 2022
Estimate: $8,000,000 to $12,000,000
Lot 119
Spotted works by René Magritte
Artists in conversation
Giorgio de Chirico
Italian · b. 1888
De Chirico pioneered metaphysical painting filled with dreamlike enigma and symbolic imagery that directly influenced Magritte's surrealist visual poetry. His compositions share the same mysterious atmosphere and invitation to multiple interpretations found in Shéhérazade.
Salvador Dalí
Spanish · b. 1904
Dalí created oil paintings rooted in surrealist principles of dreamlike imagery and symbolic poetic vision with the same meticulous technique Magritte employed. His works carry a comparable enigmatic quality that transforms ordinary elements into deeply mysterious and poetic statements.
Paul Delvaux
Belgian · b. 1897
As a fellow Belgian surrealist working in oil on canvas during the same era, Delvaux created compositions with the same poetic mystery and dreamlike symbolic atmosphere present in Shéhérazade. His paintings share Magritte's capacity for quiet enigma and layered symbolic meaning rendered with precise painterly craft.
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