“Empire of Lights,” the painter’s 1954 dichotomy of night and day, was estimated to sell for $95 million. Magritte, who lived from 1898 to 1967, is known for his dreamlike takes on everyday ...

After a ten minute bidding-battle, a painting from Magritte's "L'empire des lumières ... depicting the paradoxical image of a house at night, lit only by a street lamp, under a blue daytime ...