ale had a particular strength in Surrealist painting, with several works by Ren Magritte, a hallucinatory landscape by Salvador Dali, a lurid jungle scene by Max Ernst and a darkly Freudian narrative by Paul Delvaux featuring nude women, a stairway and a tunnel.The Wednesday auction also contained
Several other works, including Paul Delvaux's "Les Cariatides" which soared to $9 million, nearly twice its high estimate and a record for the artist, drew strong prices as bidders competed in the salesroom and via telephone.