Les jours gigantesques (The Titanic Days) sells for $11.3 million

Christie’s International sells Magritte’s 1928 work Les jours gigantesques (The Titanic Days) to U.S. billionaire Wilbur Ross for $11.3 million dollars or about nine times its estimated price. London-based dealer Daniella Luxembourg, one of the underbidders, speaks of the painting:

That painting was seminal for our understanding of Magritte. There’s a lot more interest in Surrealism and its origins. It’s an early work influenced by Freud, and there’s only one of these compositions in private hands. Whoever bought it is a lucky man.