A work of the great surrealist artist René Magritte (René Magritte), which has been in a private collection for more than 90 years, will be auctioned later this month.

This is Magritte’s flagship table ”La magie noire“, depicting his wife and muse, Georgette Berger.

Jorezet poses reminiscent of a marble statue, resting on one hand on a rock while a dove is on her right shoulder.

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Although Sotheby’s’s initial estimate rises to 5-7 million eurosit is expected that the final price will be significant higher.

The story of the family that had it in possession of it for almost a century

The story of “La Magie Noire”, the first of a series of 10 works, is inextricably linked to Suzan Spak (Suzanne Spaak), a heroine of French resistance during World War II.

Her family bought the project at a time when Magritte was facing financial difficulties, as she had failed to sell a single table for two years.

In particular, In 1934Spakak’s sister, Alice Lorge bought the project on the occasion of the birth of her first child with the Belgian Belgian Emile Happe.

“The Spakak family, who was for Belgium as well as the Maudbathen for the United Kingdom, helped Magritte get out of the difficult position. It was bought to mark the birth of their baby but it was a regeneration for himself who was struggling to stand on his feet again, “the Guardian, Vice President of the House in France, Thomas Bompard.

“This is the first time I have handled an important Magritte’s work that has been in the same family since it was crafted. It’s excellent, just like the family’s history, “Bobard said.

‘This project isThe “Taylor Swift” of Surrealism. If you were asking a group of students to make a presentation for the surreal movement, this table would only be enough to define it. I call him “the star of surrealism” he continued.

Prior to the auction, the table will be exhibited at Sotheby’s in Paris between October 17 and 23, and its sale will take place on October 24th.

Magritte died of cancer on August 15, 1967, at the age of 69 and was buried in the Brussels Saarbeck cemetery.