Torse nu dans les nuages by René Magritte

Bonham's

As a part of “The Collection of Amalia de Schulthess” sale at Bonhams, the British auction house offers an unseen painting by René Magritte. The late Belgian artist is perhaps one of the most famous Surrealists and is known for his playful paintings that question given truths. The work in subject for this article is called Torse nu dans les nuages (roughly translated into shirtless in the clouds) is a work with Margritte’s signature style and depicts a female torso and clouds. Torse nu dans les nuages belonged to the late artist and collector Amalia de Schulthess, thus the name of the collection, and is now expected to fetch somewhere between $6,000,000 to 9,000,000 USD at Bonhams!