Sotheby's to sell the letters Rene Magritte
 

Sotheby's to sell the letters Rene Magritte

In June, the auction house Sotheby's to sell letters and postcards, Rene Magritte, reports Artdaily. Lot tentatively estimated at 400 thousand dollars.
The collection of letters the artist will be one of the main lots of spring auction auction of valuable books and manuscripts, which will be held June 18, 2010. Prior to the auction sales of lots will be exhibited in London.

Letters addressed to a close friend of the artist Paul Kolin, the French Surrealist poet. Correspondence includes drawings and sketches of the artist, are variations on the theme of famous paintings - Magritte asked a friend how best to call one or another of his work.

Correspondence Magritte had already exhibited for sale at Sotheby's in London in 1987, together with things from the artist's studio. Since no significant collection of letters Magritte was not present at the auction.

Rene Magritte - one of the most famous surrealist artists of the twentieth century - he died in 1967. His work had an enormous influence on pop art and conceptual art.

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