René Magritte: career timeline

Belgian · 1898–1967 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 118 of 391 lots (30% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

René Magritte: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	3	3	$274Sign up	Print (other)
1930s	7	6	$66.1kSign up	Photograph
1940s	9	5	$1.1kSign up	Lithograph
1950s	11	7	$8kSign up	Lithograph
1960s	81	67	$3.5kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $274Sign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10.5 in (36 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1926 Elle a mis son smoking L.Th. Langlois$274Sign up
1926 Elle a mis son smoking L.Th. Langlois$164Sign up
c. 1928 La Fidélité des Images$4kSign up

1930s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $66.1kSign up
Average: $436kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 7.5 in (20 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Oil (2), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1931 Les Menottes de CuivreUnsold
1932 3 Bll.: Der Schatten und sein Schatten$675Sign up
1935 Le miroir vivant$2.1MSign up
1936 La malédiction$425kSign up
1936 Train et poisson$3.2kSign up
c. 1937 Éloge de la dialectique$129kSign up
1937 Gott am achten Tag$283Sign up

1940s 9 works

Sold: 5 of 9
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $394kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 12 in (40 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Gouache (2), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1942 L'Île au TresorUnsold
1942 L'Île au Tresor (La isla del tesoro)Unsold
1946 Soir d'orageResult not published
1947 Le coup de grâce$2MSign up
1947 Königin Semiramis$531Sign up
1947 Wereldfestival voor film en schone kunsten Brussel$874Sign up
1948 La recherche de l'absoluResult not published
1948 Hunde- und Katzenstudie$1.1kSign up
1948 Le chant du rossignol$2.6kSign up

1950s 11 works

Sold: 7 of 11
Median: $8kSign up
Average: $167kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 10 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Drawing (2), Etching (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1950 L'art de la conversationUnsold
c. 1950 Le Bouchon$19.2kSign up
1950 L'art de la ConversationUnsold
1950 L'art de la conversationUnsold
1950 Les Enfants trouvés$8kSign up
1950 Ohne Titel (Horloge et Fleurs)$7.6kSign up
c. 1952 Konvolut von 4 Radierungen$880Sign up
1953 Le domaine enchanté$608kSign up
1956 Le 16 Septembre$7.1kSign up
1959 La folie des grandeurs (Megalomania)$516kSign up
1959 La Bataille de L' Argonne (La batalla del Argonne)Unsold · sold 6×

1960s 81 works

Sold: 67 of 81
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $174kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 9.5 in (23 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (35), Etching (32), Print (other) (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (2), Boats (2)

1960 Carte poștală$358Sign up
c. 1960 Trois Postillons$11.8kSign up
1960 Trois Postillons$5.6kSign up
1961 L'Empire des Lumieres (El imperio de las luces)Result not published
1961 La pensée visible$830kSign up
1962 Les Travaux d'Alexandre (from the Il Surrealismo tra le due guerre portfolio)$10.7kSign up
1962 La grande table$2.3MSign up
1962 Auktion 401, Los 54$13.7kSign up
1962 Les Travaux d'Alexandre (The Work of Alexander), from Il Surrealismo tra le due guerre$8.8kSign up
1963 Les bijoux indiscrets (from Vingtième Siècle, Nouvelle Serie No. 22)$1.2kSign up
1963 Les Bijoux Indiscrets (Kaplan 3)$832Sign up
1963 Les Bijoux Indiscrets (Kaplan 3)$15.4kSign up

Show 12 more (1960s)

1963 La Reconnaissance InfiniteUnsold
1963 La Reconnaissance InfinieUnsold
1963 Les Bijoux Indiscrets$315Sign up
1963 Les bijoux indiscrets (from Vingtième Siècle, Nouvelle Serie No. 22)$441Sign up
1963 La Reconnaissance Infinie$1.7kSign up
1963 Les Bijoux Indiscrets (from Vingtième Siècle, Nouvelle Serie No. 22)$630Sign up
1963 La Malédiction$666kSign up · sold 2×
1963 Les Bijoux Indiscrets.$11.4kSign up
1963 LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS$857Sign up
1964 Le fils de l'homme$1.3kSign up · sold 2×
1964 Le fils de l'homme$1.4kSign up
1964 Le fils de l'hommeUnsold

…and 57 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

255 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $775Sign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 16.5 in (47 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Etching (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2002 Surreale Komposition III (Der Gesang des Veilchens)$562Sign up
sold 2002 Surreale Komposition VI (Le beau monde)$810Sign up
sold 2002 La page blanche$485Sign up
sold 2002 Le domaine d'Arnheim$485Sign up
sold 2003 L' Aube à l'Antipode$22kSign up
sold 2003 Fenêtre$740Sign up

Show 2 more (2000s)

sold 2004 L'île au trésor$997Sign up
sold 2005 La Guerre$3.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 23 works

Sold: 19 of 23
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 14.5 in (38 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (17), Other (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2010 Il frutto proibitoResult not published
sold 2010 Nach - La page blanche$2.6kSign up
sold 2011 Ohne Titel - Poire (Untitled - Poire)$26.2kSign up
sold 2013 Auktion 329, Los 560$754Sign up
sold 2013 ÉtudeUnsold
sold 2015 Le Fils De L'Homme$2.1kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2017 Oreille-Cloche (La Lecon de Musique) from Le Lien de Paille$1.5kSign up
sold 2019 UntitledUnsold
sold 2019 Frumusețea lumii$777Sign up
sold 2019 Seducătorul$499Sign up
sold 2019 Paysage de BaucisUnsold
sold 2019 Valori personale$437Sign up

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 224 works

Sold: 133 of 224
Median: $882Sign up
Average: $19kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 13.5 in (34 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (204), Etching (8), Other (4)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (3), Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (1)

sold 2020 Untitled (Woman's Face covered by a Rose)$2.3MSign up
sold 2020 Ceasul deșteptător$947Sign up
sold 2020 Sheherezade$947Sign up
sold 2020 Recunoaștere infinită$947Sign up
sold 2020 Semne de seară$910Sign up
sold 2020 Vocea sângelui$1kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Filtrul$683Sign up
sold 2020 Loc comun$683Sign up
sold 2020 Irepetabil$683Sign up
sold 2020 Misterele orizontului$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 Terapeutul$569Sign up
sold 2020 Suvenir de călătorie$683Sign up

…and 212 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All René Magritte auction results →