Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Le Bouchon, c. 1950
Drawing (pencil) · Paper
Rago Auctions · Mar 18, 2026$19,200 ≈ £14,424 ≈ €16,696Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
L'Oeil (The Eye)
Catalogued as “After René Magritte” — not included in the artist’s headline statistics.
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967) · 1968
£6,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ $8,086≈ €6,824
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching and aquatint in colours, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 142/150
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 142/150 in pencil
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 17.5 x 14.5 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.) S. 28.4 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030220)
- Date
- September 10, 2020
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 81
- Estimate
- £2,500 – £3,500 (≈ $3,234 – $4,528) (≈ €2,730 – €3,821)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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