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This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record payment for a work is approximately US$450.3 million (which includes commission) for the work Salvator Mundi ({{Circa|1500}}) generally considered to be by Leonardo da Vinci, though this is disputed. The painting was sold in November 2017,{{cite news|title='Lost' Leonardo da Vinci to go on display, says National Gallery|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8632230/Lost-Leonardo-da-Vinci-to-go-on-display-says-National-Gallery.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8632230/Lost-Leonardo-da-Vinci-to-go-on-display-says-National-Gallery.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=Telegraph|date=12 July 2011}}{{cbignore}}[https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/media/15705/exhibition-guide_leonardo-da-vinci.pdf Exhibition Guide: Leonardo Da Vinci, Painter at the Court of Milan, 9 November 2011– 5 February 2012] through the auction house Christie's in New York City.

Background

The most famous paintings, especially old master works created before 1803, are generally owned or held by museums for viewing by patrons. Since museums rarely sell them, they are considered priceless. Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million on 14 December 1962. Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be around US${{Inflation|US|0.100|1962|r=3}} billion in {{Inflation-year|US}}.{{Inflation-fn|US}}

The earliest sale on the list below (Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh) is from March 1987; with a price of £24.75 million (£{{Inflation|UK|24.75|1987|r=1}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} currency). This sale tripled the previous record, and introduced a new era in top art sales. Before this, the highest absolute price paid for a painting was £8.1 million (£{{Inflation|US|8.1|1985|r=1}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} currency) paid by the J. Paul Getty Museum for Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi at Christie's in London on 18 April 1985.William Wilson, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-19-ca-15137-story.html Getty Pays $10.5 Million For Painting], The New York Times, April 19, 1985 The sale of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers was the first time a "modern" (in this case 1888) painting became the record holder. Old master paintings had previously dominated the market. In contrast, there are currently only nine pre-1875 paintings among the listed top 89, and none created between 1635 and 1874.{{fact|date=November 2023}}

An exceptional case is graffiti artist David Choe, who accepted payment in shares for painting graffiti art in the headquarters of a fledgling Facebook. His shares were of limited value when he was given them, but by the time of Facebook's IPO they were valued at around $200 million.Nick Bilton, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/technology/for-founders-to-decorators-facebook-riches.html?_r=2 For Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches]," The New York Times, 1/1/12.File:Red vineyards.jpg (1888), the only painting the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh sold during his lifetime. It was sold for roughly US$2,000 (today's value).]]

The list is incomplete with respect to sales between private parties, as these are not always reported and, even if they are, details like the purchase price may remain secret. For example, on June 25, 2019, the American hedge fund manager J. Tomilson Hill bought a recently rediscovered Judith and Holofernes (1607) attributed to Caravaggio, two days before it would have been auctioned in Toulouse. Though the Louvre Museum had turned down the opportunity to purchase it for €100 million,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/28/lost-caravaggio-rejected-by-the-louvre-may-be-worth-100m|title='Lost Caravaggio' rejected by the Louvre may be worth £100m |last=Brown|first=Mark|work=The Guardian|date=28 February 2019|access-date=1 March 2019}} the painting was estimated to sell for $110 to $170 million.Alex Greenberger, [http://www.artnews.com/2019/06/25/caravaggio-marc-labarbe-sale-canceled/ Caravaggio Painting Estimated at $170 M. Sold Privately Ahead of Auction in France], ArtNews, 25 June 2019 The actual purchase price was not disclosed, because of a confidentiality agreement attached to the private sale.Robin Pogrebin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/arts/design/caravaggio-buyer-j-tomilson-hill.html Mystery Buyer of Work Attributed to Caravaggio Revealed], The New York Times, 27 June 2019 Another example is a 2019 sale of The Seated Zouave by Vincent van Gogh. According to some sources, the painting had been sold by Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier for $300 million,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-18 |title=El enigma detrás del Van Gogh que salió de la Argentina |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/el-enigma-detras-del-van-gogh-salio-nid2325288/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=LA NACION |language=es}} but the price was not confirmed by any of the parties involved.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |date= 26 May 2006|title=Most Expensive Paintings |url=https://theartwolf.com/art-market/most-expensive-paintings/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=theartwolf |language=en-US}}

Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol are the best-represented artists in the list. Whereas Picasso and Warhol became wealthy men, van Gogh is known to have sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, for {{Currency|400|FRF|first=yes}} (approximately $2,000 in 2018 dollars) in 1890, to the Belgian impressionist painter and heiress Anna Boch.{{cite web|url=http://annaboch.com/theredvineyard/|title=The Red Vineyard Painting at annaboch.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://annaboch.com/|title=Anna Boch.com Impressionist, patron of many artists|website=annaboch.com|access-date=2020-01-27}}

Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On November 20, 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for US$44.4 million (equivalent to US${{Inflation|US|44.405|2014|r=1}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}).{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/most-expensive-female-artists-at-auction-2016-500096|title=The Most Expensive Female Artists 2016 – artnet News|date=2016-05-24|work=artnet News|access-date=2017-11-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/american-art-n09229.html|title=American Art Auction Results|access-date=16 November 2017}}

Among the listed top 89, only six are paintings by non-Western artists. Five are traditional Chinese paintings by Qi Baishi, Wu Bin, Wang Meng and Xu Yang. In particular, Qi Baishi's Twelve Landscape Screens was sold for $140.8 million in 2017. The only non-Western modern artwork listed is that of the Chinese-French painter Zao Wouki's oil painting Juin-Octobre 1985, which was sold for $65 million in 2018.[https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/modern-art-evening-sale-hk0809/lot.1004.html Zao Wou-Ki, Juin-Octobre 1985, Modern Art Evening Sale, Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 30 September 2018] Not listed here in this list is Chinese painter Wang Shaofei's The High Sun, which was appraised for $74 million in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kitano-museum.com/pdf/ShaoFeiWang_enginfo.pdf|title=The Chinese Ink Paintings of Wang Shaofei Break the World Record}}

List of highest prices paid <!-- at auctions or private sales (inflation adjusted) -->

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This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in {{Inflation-year|US}}.The Wikipedia template uses a yearly average inflation. Using monthly averages gives slightly different numbers, most significantly for paintings sold early or late in a year with significant inflation. Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the painting was sold. The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised. A list in another currency may be in a slightly different order due to exchange-rate fluctuations. Paintings are listed only once, i.e., for the highest price sold.

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(million
USD)

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(million
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!Name

!class=unsortable|Image

!Artist

!Year

!Date of sale

!Rank
at sale

!Seller

!Buyer

!Auction house

${{Inflation|US|450.3125|2017|r=1}}

| data-sort-value="$450.3"|$450.3

|Salvator Mundi

|95px

|{{sort|Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci}}
(attribution disputed)

|data-sort-value=1500|{{circa|1500}}

|{{Dts|2017-11-15}}

|1

|Dmitry Rybolovlev

|Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud{{refn|group=note|Badr bin Abdullah allegedly bought Salvator Mundi on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism,{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-art-auction-da-vinci-abudhabi/abu-dhabi-to-acquire-leonardo-da-vincis-salvator-mundi-christies-idUSKBN1E22IN |title=Abu Dhabi to acquire Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi': Christie's |work=Reuters |access-date=2017-12-08}} but it has since been posited that he may have been a stand-in bidder for Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.{{cite web |last=Kirkpatrick |first=David D. |author-link=David D. Kirkpatrick |title=A Leonardo Made a $450 Million Splash. Now There's No Sign of It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/arts/design/salvator-mundi-louvre-abu-dhabi.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=31 March 2019 |date=30 March 2019}}}}

|Christie's, New York{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/leonardo-da-vinci-painting-salvator-mundi-sells-for-450-3-million-1510794281|title=Leonardo da Vinci Painting 'Salvator Mundi' Sells for $450.3 Million|last=Crow|first=Kelly|date=2017-11-16|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-11-16|issn=0099-9660}}

data-sort-value="${{Inflation|US|300|2015|r=0}}"|~${{Inflation|US|300|2015|r=0}}

| data-sort-value="$300"|~$300

| Interchange

| 95px

| {{sort|de Kooning, Willem|Willem de Kooning}}

| 1955

| {{Dts|2015-09}}

| 1

| David Geffen Foundation

| Kenneth C. Griffin

| Private sale{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-18/billionaire-griffin-said-to-pay-500-million-for-two-paintings|title=Billionaire Griffin Pays $500 Million for Two Paintings|last=Kazakina|first=Katya|newspaper=Bloomberg Business|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=February 23, 2016}}

${{Inflation|US|250|2011|r=0}} +

| $250 +Exact price (even the currency of sale) is not known, with estimates from $250 million to $300 million

| The Card Players

| 95px

| {{sort|Cezanne, Paul|Paul Cézanne}}

| 1892/93

| {{Dts|2011-04}}

| 1

| George Embiricos

| State of Qatar

| Private saleArt Media Agency (AMA), [http://www.artmediaagency.com/en/12569/250-m-a-new-record-for-a-painting/ 250 M$, a new record for a painting?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174219/http://www.artmediaagency.com/en/12569/250-m-a-new-record-for-a-painting/ |date=2015-09-23 }}, 4 May 2011Stefan Koldehoff, [https://www.welt.de/print/wams/kultur/article13517567/Das-Raetsel-vom-teuersten-Bild-aller-Zeiten.html Welt-online: Das Rätsel vom teuersten Bild aller Zeiten], 31 July 2011 (already mentions Qatar as most likely buyer){{cite web |last=Peers |first=Alexandra |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/02/qatar-buys-cezanne-card-players-201202 |title=Qatar Purchases Cézanne's The Card Players for More Than $250 Million, Highest Price Ever for a Work of Art |work=QuatarSale|date=January 2012 |access-date=2012-02-03}}

${{Inflation|US|210|2015|r=0}}

| data-sort-value="$210"|$210{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/arts/design/lawsuit-reveals-gauguin-painting-was-not-worlds-most-expensive.html|title=Lawsuit Reveals Gauguin Painting Was Not World's Most Expensive|last=Haigney|first=Sophie|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 3, 2017|access-date=July 3, 2017}}

| Nafea Faa Ipoipo
(When Will You Marry?)

| 95px

| {{sort|Gaugin, Paul|Paul Gauguin}}

| 1892

| {{Dts|2014-09}}

| 2

| Rudolf Staechelin heirs

| State of Qatar

| Private sale{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/arts/design/gauguin-painting-is-said-to-fetch-nearly-300-million.html|title=Gauguin Painting Is Said to Fetch Nearly $300 Million|last1=Reyburn|first1=Scott|last2=Carvajal|first2=Doreen|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=February 5, 2015}}

data-sort-value="${{Inflation|US|200|2015|r=0}}"|~${{Inflation|US|200|2015|r=0}}

| data-sort-value="$200"|~$200

| Number 17A

|

| {{sort|Pollock, Jackson|Jackson Pollock}}

| 1948

| {{Dts|2015-09}}

| 4

| David Geffen Foundation

| Kenneth C. Griffin

| Private sale

${{Inflation|US|183.8|2013|r=1}}

| $183.8

| Wasserschlangen II

| 95px

| {{sort|Klimt, Gustav|Gustav Klimt}}

| 1904–07

| {{Dts|2013}}

| 2

| Yves Bouvier

| Dmitry Rybolovlev

| Private sale {{refn|group=note|Within weeks after a private viewing in Vienna in September 2012, Rybolovlev agreed to pay $183.8 million via his dealer Bouvier. At the same time, Bouvier was negotiating and eventually succeeded to buy the painting for $112 million from Ursula Ucicky, widow of Gustav Ucicky (the illegitimate son of Gustav Klimt and one of his models). Ucicky shared half with the heirs of the Jewish family from whom the painting had been seized in 1939. After The Bouvier Affair unfolded, Rybolovlev resold the painting for $170 million in November 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-21/russian-billionaire-seeks-to-pull-sotheby-s-into-art-world-fight|title=Russian Billionaire Seeks to Pull Sotheby's Into Art-World Fight|last1=Baker|first1=Stepanie|last2=Miller|first2=Hugo|date=20 December 2017|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=11 September 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e0f2de8-f62e-11e7-a4c9-bbdefa4f210b |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/0e0f2de8-f62e-11e7-a4c9-bbdefa4f210b |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription|title=The tangled history of Klimt's '$170m' Water Serpents|last=Gerlis|first=Melanie|date=12 Jan 2018|newspaper=Financial Times|access-date=11 July 2018}} }}

${{Inflation|US|186|2014|r=0}}

| $186
(€140)

| No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)

|

| {{sort|Rothko, Mark|Mark Rothko}}

| 1951

| {{Dts|2014-08}}

| 3

| Cherise Moueix

| Dmitry Rybolovlev

| Private sale via
Yves Bouvier{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-27/a-186-million-rothko-pits-russian-tycoon-against-art-merchant | work=Bloomberg | first=Stephanie | last=Baker | title=The Billionaire, the Dealer, and the $186 Million Rothko | date=April 27, 2015}}

${{Inflation|US|180|2015|r=0}}

| $180
(€160 million)

| Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit

| 95px

| {{sort|Rembrandt|Rembrandt}}

| 1634

| {{Dts|2016-02-01}}[http://www.louvre.fr/en/portraits-maerten-soolmans-and-oopjen-coppit-rembrandtan-exceptionnal-acquisition-exhibited-musee-du Portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit by Rembrandt, an exceptionnal acquisition exhibited at the Musée du Louvre], www.louvre.fr

| 7

| Éric de Rothschild

| Rijksmuseum
and Louvre

| Private sale
[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/arts/design/rembrandt-portraits-may-come-home-for-record-price-with-government-help.html Rembrandt portraits may come home], The New York Times, September 21, 2015

${{Inflation|US|179.365|2015|r=1}}

| $179.4

| Les Femmes d'Alger
("Version O")

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1955

| {{Dts|2015-05-11}}

| 5

| Private collection

| Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani{{cn|date=May 2023}}

| Christie's, New York{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/two-art-works-top-100-million-each-at-christies-sale/|title=Picasso and Giacometti Artworks Top $120 Million Each at Christie's Sale|date=11 May 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=12 May 2015|first=Scott|last=Reyburn}}

${{Inflation|US|198|2021|r=1}}

| $198
(€175)

| The Standard Bearer

| 95px

| {{sort|Rembrandt|Rembrandt}}

| 1636

| {{Dts|2022-02}}

| 10

| Rothschild family

| Rijksmuseum

| Private sale{{Cite news |date=2021-12-08 |title=Netherlands to buy Rembrandt Standard Bearer self-portrait |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59588109 |access-date=2022-05-07}}{{Cite web |last=Chow |first=Vivienne |date=2021-12-09 |title=The Netherlands Is Ready to Spend $198 Million to Bring a Rembrandt Self-Portrait Back Home for Good |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/netherlands-rembrandt-standard-bearer-2046187 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}

$195

|$195

|Shot Sage Blue Marilyn

|

|Andy Warhol

|1964

|{{Dts|2022-05-09}}

|11

|Thomas and Doris Ammann

|Larry Gagosian

|Christie's, New York{{Cite web |title=ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) |url=https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6369449?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6369449&from=salessummary&lid=1 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=www.christies.com |language=en}}

${{Inflation|US|170.405|2015|r=1}}

| $170.4

| Nu couché

| 95px

| {{sort|Modigliani, Amedeo|Amedeo Modigliani}}

| 1917/18

| {{Dts|2015-11-09}}

| 9

| Laura Mattioli Rossi

| Liu Yiqian{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/international/liu-yiqian-modigliani-nu-couche.html|title=Chinese Taxi Driver Turned Billionaire Bought Modigliani Painting|date=10 November 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date= 10 November 2015|first=Amy|last=Qin}}

| Christie's, New York{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/arts/with-170-4-million-sale-at-auction-modigliani-work-joins-rarefied-nine-figure-club.html?hp/|title=With $170.4 Million Sale at Auction, Modigliani Work Joins Rarefied Nine-Figure Club|date=9 November 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=9 November 2015|first1=Robin|last1=Pogrebin|first2=Scott|last2=Reyburn}}

${{Inflation|US|140|2006|r=1}}

| $140

| No. 5, 1948

|

| {{sort|Pollock, Jackson|Jackson Pollock}}

| 1948

| {{Dts|2006-11-02}}

| 1

| David Geffen

|David Martinez

| Private sale via Sotheby'sCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/arts/design/02drip.html?adxnnl=1&ref=arts&adxnnlx=1163031599-revbGMuaIhdTP4qLonq8BA A Pollock Is Sold, Possibly for a Record Price], The New York Times, November 2, 2006

${{Inflation|US|137.5|2006|r=1}}

| $137.5

| Woman III

|

| {{sort|de Kooning, Willem|Willem de Kooning}}

| 1953

| {{Dts|2006-11-18}}

| 2

| David Geffen

| Steven A. Cohen

| Private sale via Larry GagosianCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/arts/design/18pain.html Landmark De Kooning Crowns Collection], The New York Times, November 18, 2006

${{Inflation|US|165.0|2017|r=1}}

| $165.0

| Masterpiece

|

| {{sort|Lichtenstein, Roy|Roy Lichtenstein}}

| 1962

| {{Dts|2017-01}}

| 12

| Agnes Gund{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/arts/christies-sothebys-phillips-2016-auction-sales.html|title=Auction Sales Down at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips, in a Challenging 2016|last=Reyburn|first=Scott|date=2017-02-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-04-05|issn=0362-4331}}On June 11, 2017, Ms. Gund revealed that she intended to use the proceeds from the sale of the painting for a specific purpose: to create a fund that supports criminal justice reform and seeks to reduce mass incarceration in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/arts/design/agnes-gund-sells-a-lichtenstein-to-start-criminal-justice-fund.html|title=Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 June 2017|access-date=11 June 2017}}

| Steven A. Cohen{{cite web|first1=Robert|last1=Frank|access-date=2017-06-18|title=Steve Cohen buys Roy Lichtenstein's 'Masterpiece' for $165 million| website=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/12/steve-cohen-buys-roy-lichtensteins-masterpiece-for-165-million.html|date=12 June 2017}}

| Private sale

${{Inflation|US|135|2006|r=1}}

| $135

| Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

| 95px

| {{sort|Klimt, Gustav|Gustav Klimt}}

| 1907

| {{Dts|2006-06-18}}

| 1

| Maria Altmann

| Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie

| Private sale via Christie'sCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/arts/design/19klim.html Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait], The New York Times, June 19, 2006

${{Inflation|US|155|2013|r=1}}

| $155

| Le Rêve

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1932

| {{Dts|2013-03-26}}

| 6

| Steve Wynn

| Steven A. Cohen

| Private saleCarol Vogel & Peter Lattman, [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/for-cohen-a-big-art-deal/ $616 Million Poorer, Hedge Fund Owner Still Buys Art], The New York Times, March 26, 2013

${{Inflation|US|82.5|1990|r=1}}

| $82.5

| Portrait of Dr. Gachet

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1890

| {{Dts|1990-05-15}}

| 1

| Siegfried Kramarsky heirs

| Ryoei Saito{{refn|group=note|Some fear existed, that Portrait of Dr. Gachet had been cremated with the owner in 1996, but Gachet's portrait was privately resold to Wolfgang Flöttl in 1997 or 1998 for $65–$90 million through Sotheby’s. Before 2007, Flöttl had sold it for $100 million to an unknown buyer.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2003/11/01/the-most-wanted-works-of-art/|title=ARTnews: The Most Wanted Works of Art| date=November 2003 |access-date=5 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/features/decker/decker11-4-98.asp|title=artnet: the silent boom|access-date=5 October 2014}}}}Lee Rosenbaum, [http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2007/01/dr_gachet_sighting_it_was_flot.html "Dr. Gachet" Sighting: It WAS Flöttl!], ArtsJournal, January 26, 2007

| Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|157.2|2018|r=1}}

| $157.2

| Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)

| 95px

| {{sort|Modigliani, Amedeo|Amedeo Modigliani}}

| 1917

| {{Dts|2018-05-15}}

| data-sort-value=13|

|Ezra and David Nahmad

|

| Sotheby's, New York[http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n09860/lot.18.html Lot description and auction details] of "Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)" at Sotheby's website.

${{Inflation|US|150|2016|r=1}}

| $150

| Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II

| 85px

| {{sort|Klimt, Gustav|Gustav Klimt}}

| 1912

| {{Dts|2016}}

| 10

| Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey had bought the painting in November 2006 at Christie's for nearly $88 million. At that time this was the 4th highest (unadjusted) price at auction and 10th highest price on this list.

| Unidentified buyer in China

| Private sale via Larry Gagosian{{cite news|title=The Gustav Klimt Painting Oprah Reportedly Sold for $150M Has Quite a Story|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gustav-klimt-painting-oprah-reportedly-sold-150m-has-a-story-974134|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter}}

${{Inflation|US|142.405|2013|r=1}}

| $142.4

| Three Studies of Lucian Freud

|

| {{sort|Bacon, Francis|Francis Bacon}}

| 1969

| {{dts|2013-11-12}}

| 8

| {{refn|group="note"|The triptych had probably been reassembled by the Italian collector Francesco De Simone Niquesa, but were resold to a person in the US before 2013{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303309504579184044094188348|title=Bringing Home the Bacon|last=Crow|first=Kelly|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=7 November 2013|access-date=14 November 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/10445612/Francis-Bacon-triptych-smashes-art-auction-record.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/10445612/Francis-Bacon-triptych-smashes-art-auction-record.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Francis Bacon triptych smashes art auction record|last=Swaine|first=Jon|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=13 November 2013|access-date=14 November 2013|location=London}}{{cbignore}}}}

| Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve WynnCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/arts/design/buyer-of-142-4-million-bacon-painting-identified-as-elaine-wynn.html?hp Buyer of $142.4 Million Bacon Triptych Identified as Elaine Wynn], The New York Times, January 15, 2014

| Christie's, New York{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142-million.html?hp&_r=0|title=Bacon's Study of Freud Sells for $142.4 Million|last=Vogel|first=Carol|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2013}}

${{Inflation|US|78.1|1990|r=1}}

| $78.1

| Bal du moulin de la Galette
This is the small version of the painting; the large version is at the Musée d'Orsay.

|95px

| {{sort|Renoir, Pierre-Auguste|Pierre-Auguste Renoir}}

| 1876

| {{Dts|1990-05-17}}

| 2

| Betsey Whitney

| Ryoei Saito {{refn|group=note|Privately resold for ca. $50 million through Sotheby’s in 1997.}}

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|140.8|2017|r=1}}

| $140.8
(¥931.5)

| Twelve Landscape Screens

|

| Qi Baishi

| 1925

| {{Dts|2017-12-17}}

|

|

|

| Beijing Poly Auction{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/qi-baishi-record-140m-beijing-1182881|title=Qi Baishi Just Became the First Chinese Artist to Break the $100 Million Mark at Auction|author=Eileen Kinsella|date=19 December 2017|work=artnet News}}

${{Inflation|US|104.168|2004|r=1}}

| $104.2

| Garçon à la pipe

| 95px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1905

| {{Dts|2004-05-05}}

| 3

| Greentree Foundation
(Whitney family)

| Guido Barilla (suspected)Claire Foy-Smith, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3689967.stm Who buys paintings for $104m?], BBC News Online, 6 May 2004

| Sotheby's, New York[http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetailPrintable.jsp?lot_id=47Q4L Lot description and auction details] of "Garçon à la pipe" at Sotheby's website.

${{Inflation|US|149.240|2021|r=1}}

| $149.2

| Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version)

| 95px

| Georges Seurat

| 1888

| {{Dts|2022-11-09}}

| 1

| Paul G. Allen

|

| Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|119.9225|2012|r=1}}

| $119.9

| The ScreamOne of two pastel versions; another two painted versions (and lithography) exist, all created by Munch.

| 95px

| {{sort|Munch, Edvard|Edvard Munch}}

| 1895

| {{Dts|2012-05-02}}

| 8

| Petter Olsen

| Leon BlackKelly Crow, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304373804577521240470769420 An Art Mystery Solved: Mogul Is 'Scream' Buyer], The Wall Street Journal, July 11, 2012

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|120|2013|r=1}}

| $120

| Otahi

| 95px

| {{sort|Gauguin, Paul|Paul Gauguin}}

| 1893

| {{Dts|2013}}

| 10

| Yves Bouvier

| Dmitry Rybolovlev

| Private sale {{refn|group=note|Rybolovlev resold Gauguin's Otahi before 2017 for less than $50 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/pursuits/2017/02/23/a-100-million-mystery-a-russian-his-art-and-his-big-losses|title=A $100 Million Mystery: A Russian, His Art, and His Big Losses|last1=Kazakina|first1=Katya|last2=Miller|first2=Hugo|date=24 February 2017|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=11 July 2018}}}}

${{Inflation|US|118|2012|r=0}}

| $118

| Reclining Nude With Blue Cushion

| 95px

| {{sort|Modigliani, Amedeo|Amedeo Modigliani}}

| 1916

| {{Dts|2012}}

| 8

| Steven A. Cohen

| Dmitry Rybolovlev

| Private sale via Yves Bouvier

${{Inflation|US|137.790|2021|r=0}}

| $137.7

| La Montagne Sainte-Victoire

| 95px

| Paul Cezanne

| 1888-90

| {{Dts|2022-11-09}}

| 2

| Paul G. Allen

|

| Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|110|2010|r=1}}

| $110.0

| {{Interlanguage link|Flag (painting)|lt=Flag|qid=Q107683080}}This stands as the most expensive painting by a living artist.

|

| {{sort|Johns, Jasper|Jasper Johns}}

| 1958

| {{Dts|2010-03}}

| 7

| Jean-Christophe Castelli

| Steven A. Cohen

| Private sale, estimated price{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/arts/design/19vogel.html|title=Planting a Johns 'Flag' in a Private Collection|first=Carol|last=Vogel| newspaper=The New York Times | date=18 March 2010 }}

${{Inflation|US|106.4825|2010|r=1}}

| $106.5

| Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1932

| {{Dts|2010-05-04}}

| 9

| Frances Lasker Brody estate

| Leonard Blavatnik (suspected){{cite web|url=http://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2016/01/28/who-bought-the-brody-picasso-for-106m/|title=Who Bought the Brody Picasso for $106m?|date=28 January 2016}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/art-sales-russian-buyers-inject-confidence-into-old-master-marke/|title=Art Sales: Russian buyers inject confidence into Old Master market|first=Colin|last=Gleadell|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=July 12, 2016|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}

| Christie's, New York[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6443DV20100505 Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction], Reuters, May 5, 2010

${{Inflation|US|60|1989|r=1}}

| $58 plus
exchange of
worksThe paintings transferred to the dealers include a late Monet entitled Corona (Water Lilies) from around 1920; Renoir's Reclining Nude of 1902; Kandinsky's Autumn Landscape, Murnau from 1908, and Picasso's Striped Bodice from September 1943.

| Portrait of Joseph Roulin

|95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1989-08-01}}

| 1

| Private collection, Zürich

| Museum of Modern Art New York

| Private sale via
Thomas Ammann,
Fine Art ZurichKimmelman, Michael: [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DC1531F93AA35753C1A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all How the MoMA got the Van Gogh], The New York Times, 09 October 1989.

${{Inflation|US|107.5|2011|r=1}}

| $107.5

| L’Homme assis au verre

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1914

| {{Dts|2011-05}}

|

| Yves Bouvier{{refn|group=note|Probably the same day before the sale bought by Yves Bouvier for 62 million.}}

| Dmitry Rybolovlev

| Private sale via
Yves Bouvier{{Cite news |date=2015-11-12 |title=La police monégasque a disséqué les transactions du Genevois - Le Temps |language=fr |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/police-monegasque-disseque-transactions-genevois |access-date=2023-08-13 |issn=1423-3967}}{{Cite web |last=Esteve |first=Camille |date=2023-03-15 |title=Dmitri Rybolovlev poursuit Sotheby's en justice aux États-Unis pour complicité de fraude |url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/2023/03/dmitri-rybolovlev-poursuit-sothebys-en-justice-aux-etats-unis-pour-complicite-de-fraude/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Monaco Tribune |language=fr-FR}}

$139.3

|$139.3

|Femme à la montre

|

|Pablo Picasso

|1932

|{{Dts|2023-11-09}}

|

|Emily Fisher Landau's estate

|Anonymous buyer

|Sotheby's, New York{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Picasso Sells for $139.4 Million, Despite a Sagging Art Market |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/arts/design/picasso-sothebys-emily-fisher-landau-auction.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231109034219/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/arts/design/picasso-sothebys-emily-fisher-landau-auction.html |archive-date=November 9, 2023}}

${{Inflation|US|53.9|1987|r=1}}

| $53.9

| Irises

|95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1987-11-11}}

| 1

| John Whitney Payson, son of Joan Whitney Payson

| Alan BondAlan Bond could not pay off the painting, and Irises was resold (probably for somewhat less) to the Getty Museum.

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|95.216|2006|r=1}}

| $95.2

| Dora Maar au Chat

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1941

| {{Dts|2006-05-03}}

| 6

| Gidwitz family

| Boris IvanishviliMarc Spiegler, [http://www.sgallery.net/artnews/2006/08/22/the-hunt-for-the-red-collector.html he Hunt for the Red Collector] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717195945/http://www.sgallery.net/artnews/2006/08/22/the-hunt-for-the-red-collector.html |date=2012-07-17 }}, New York Magazine, 22 August 2006.

| Sotheby's, New York[http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=4LY4N Lot description and auction details] of "Dora Maar au Chat" at Sotheby's website.

${{Inflation|US|100|2008|r=1}}

| $100.0

| Eight Elvises

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

| 1963

| {{Dts|2008–10}}

| 10

| Annibale Berlingieri

| The State of Qatar (suspected){{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/dicembre/02/marchese_romano_Warhol_100_milioni_co_9_091202001.shtml|title=Archivio Corriere della Sera|website=archiviostorico.corriere.it}}Dan Duray, [http://www.artnews.com/2014/08/07/qatar-may-have-purchased-warhols-eight-elvises/ qatar may have purchased Warhol's 'Eight Elvises'], ArtNews 08/07/14

| Private sale via Philippe Ségalot[https://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14941229 The Pop master's highs and lows], The Economist, 26 November 2009.

${{Inflation|US|115|2018|r=1}}

| $115

| Young Girl with a Flower Basket

| 65px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1905

| {{Dts|2018-05-08}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| David and Peggy Rockefeller

| The Nahmad family{{Cite web|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/nahmads-confirm-picasso-s-usd115m-flower-girl-will-go-to-paris|title=Nahmads confirm Picasso's $115m flower girl will go to Paris|website=www.theartnewspaper.com|date=15 May 2018 |access-date=2020-02-09}}

| Christie's, New York{{cite news|title=Rockefeller Picasso sells for $115 million including feesauthor=Robert Frank|url=https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/08/rockefeller-picasso-sells-for-115-million-including-fees.html|newspaper=CNBC}}

${{Inflation|US|105.7|2013|r=1}} +

| $105.7 +Price excludes sales commission and other costs.
(¥10,300)

| Anna's Light

|

| {{sort|Newman, Barnett|Barnett Newman}}

| 1968

| {{Dts|2013-10-04}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| DIC Corp.

|

| Private sale{{cite web|url=http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20131004D0410A08.htm|title=DIC Sells 'Anna's Light' Painting For Y10.3bn Gain|access-date=2013-11-18|archive-date=2013-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008145346/http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20131004D0410A08.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dic-global.com/en/release/pdf/20131004_01.pdf |title=Regarding extraordinary profit associated with the sale of a certain painting owned by the company and revision of its consolidated operating result forecast |access-date=2013-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214533/http://www.dic-global.com/en/release/pdf/20131004_01.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}

${{Inflation|US|105.445|2013|r=1}}

| $105.4

| Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

| 1963

| {{Dts|2013-11-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

|

|

| Sotheby's, New York[http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/nov-2013-contemporary-evening-n09037/lot.16.html Silver Car Crash auction results] at Sotheby's

${{Inflation|US|110.5|2017|r=1}}

| $110.5

| Untitled

|

| {{sort|Basquiat|Jean-Michel Basquiat}}

| 1982

| {{Dts|2017-05-18}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Emily and Jerry Spiegel{{Cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |last2=Reyburn |first2=Scott |date=2017-05-17 |title=How Basquiat Became the $60 Million Man |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/arts/design/jean-michel-basquiat-sothebys-auction.html |access-date=2022-05-10 |issn=0362-4331}}

| Yusaku Maezawa[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/arts/design/110-million-basquiat-painting-yusaku-maezawa.html Why Spend $110 Million on a Basquiat?], The New York Times, May 26, 2017

| Sotheby's, New York{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/jean-michel-basquiat-painting-is-sold-for-110-million-at-auction.html|title=A Basquiat Sells for 'Mind-Blowing' $110.5 Million at Auction|first1=Robin|last1=Pogrebin|first2=Scott|last2=Reyburn| newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 May 2017}}

${{Inflation|US|71.5|1998|r=1}}

| $71.5

| Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1998-11-19}}

| 5

| {{Interlanguage link multi|Jacques Koerfer|de}} heirs

|

| Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|110.7|2019|r=1}}

| $110.7

| Meules

| 95px

| {{sort|Monet, Claude|Claude Monet}}

| 1890

| {{Dts|2019-05-14}}

|

|

| Hasso Plattner{{Cite news|last=Wullschlager|first=Jackie|date=August 22, 2020|title=The Making of Impressionism|work=The Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ab933d77-a6a0-4471-95da-f14a6766d1ae |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/ab933d77-a6a0-4471-95da-f14a6766d1ae |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription|access-date=August 22, 2020}}

| Sotheby's, New YorkScott Reyburn, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/arts/monet-auction-110-million.html A Monet Sells for $110.7 Million, an Auction High for an Impressionist Work], The New York Times, May 14, 2019.

${{Inflation|US|117.180|2021|r=1}}

| $117.1

| Verger avec cyprès

| 95px

| Vincent van Gogh

| 1888

| {{Dts|2022-11-09}}

| 3

| Paul G. Allen

|

|Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|100|2013|r=0}}

| $100

| La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir

| 95px

| {{sort|Cezanne, Paul|Paul Cézanne}}

| 1904

| {{Dts|2013}}Exact date of sale is not known.

| data-sort-value=13|

| Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

| State of Qatar{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/02/05/qatar-ford-house-cezannne/22948093/|title=Qatar bought Ford House's $100-million Cezanne|author=Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer|date=5 February 2015|work=Detroit Free Press}}

| Private sale{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/12/19/ford-cezanne-dia-sale-victoire/20621413/|title=$100M for Cézanne painting? Ford House couldn't refuse|author=Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer|date=19 December 2014|work=Detroit Free Press}}{{cite web|url=http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/secret-100-million-cezanne-sale-in-detroit-204252|title=Secret $100 Million Cézanne Sale in Detroit – artnet News|author=Sarah Cascone|date=19 December 2014|work=artnet News}}

${{Inflation|US|76.69570218|2002|r=1}}

| $76.7
(£49.5)

| Massacre of the Innocents

| 95px

| {{sort|Rubens, Peter Paul|Peter Paul Rubens}}

| 1611

| {{Dts|2002-07-10}}

| 6

| an Austrian family

| Kenneth Thomson{{refn|group=note|Later in 2002, Thomson donated his private collection, including the Rubens, to the Art Gallery of Ontario{{citation |url=http://www.ago.net/transformation/new-art-collector.cfm |title=Mr. Kenneth Thomson's gift to the AGO of his art collection – the most significant private art collection in Canada – will add 2,000 outstanding works to the Art Gallery of Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008011920/http://www.ago.net/transformation/new-art-collector.cfm |archive-date=2006-10-08 |access-date=2013-09-02}}}}

| Sotheby's, London

${{Inflation|US|95.365|2015|r=1}}

| $95.4

| Nurse

|

| {{sort|Lichtenstein, Roy|Roy Lichtenstein}}

| 1964

| {{Dts|2015-11-09}}

| data-sort-value=13|

|

|

| Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|86.281|2008|r=1}}

| $86.3

| Triptych, 1976

|

| {{sort|Bacon, Francis|Francis Bacon}}

| 1976

| {{Dts|2008-05-14}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Jean-Pierre Moueix heirs{{cite web |last = Wine Spectator Online: Unfiltered |title = Château Pétrus Makes a Record-Breaking Sale—of Art |url = http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,4396,00.html |date = 21 May 2008 |access-date = 7 February 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090123233921/http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,4396,00.html |archive-date = 23 January 2009 |url-status = dead }}

| Roman AbramovichCristina Ruiz and Sarah Thornton [http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Roman-Abramovich-brings-home-the-86-3m-Bacon-and-the-33-6m-Freud%20/8530 Roman Abramovich brings home the $86.3m Bacon and the $33.6m Freud] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925173217/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Roman-Abramovich-brings-home-the-86-3m-Bacon-and-the-33-6m-Freud%20/8530 |date=2013-09-25 }}, The Art Newspaper, 1 June 2008

| Sotheby's, New York[http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159456705 Lot description and auction details] of "Triptych, 1976" at Sotheby's website.

$121.2

|$121.2

|The Empire of Light

|

|René Magritte

|1954

|November 19, 2024

|1

|Mica Ertegun

|

|Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|105.7|2021|r=1}}

|$105.7

|Maternitè II

|95px

|Paul Gauguin

|1899

|{{Dts|2022-11-09}}

|4

|Paul G. Allen

|

|Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|104.5|2021|r=1}}

|$104.5

|Birch Forest

|95px

|{{sort|Klimt, Gustav|Gustav Klimt}}

|1903

|{{Dts|2022-11-09}}

|5

|Paul G. Allen

|

|Christie's, New York

${{Inflation|US|103.4|2021|r=1}}

|$103.4

|Femme assise près d’une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)

|

|Pablo Picasso

|1932

|{{Dts|2021-05-13}}

|

|

|

|Christie's, New York{{Cite web|title=Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse), 1932|url=https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/femme-assise-pres-dune-fenetre-marie-therese-1932|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Widewalls|language=en}}

${{Inflation|US|49.32|1989|r=1}}

| $49.3
(F300)

| Les Noces de Pierrette

| 95px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1905

| {{Dts|1989-11-30}}

| 3

| {{Interlanguage link multi|Fredrik Roos|sv}}Judd Tully, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070325033003/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73913905.html?dids=73913905:73913905&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=DEC+01%2C+1989 Auction; `Blue' Picasso Breaks Record at $51.7 Million], The Washington Post, Dec 1, 1989

| Tomonori Tsurumaki

| Binoche et Godeau Paris

${{Inflation|US|80|2006|r=1}}

| $80.0

| {{Interlanguage link|False Start (painting)|lt=False Start|de|False Start}}

|

| {{sort|Johns, Jasper|Jasper Johns}}

| 1959

| {{Dts|2006-10-12}}

| 11

| David Geffen

| Kenneth C. Griffin

| Private sale via Richard GrayCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/arts/design/12geff.html Works by Johns and de Kooning Sell for $143.5 Million], The New York Times, October 12, 2006

${{Inflation|US|85|2008|r=1}}

| $85
(€54)

| Te Fare

| 95px

| {{sort|Gauguin, Paul|Paul Gauguin}}

| 1892

| {{Dts|2008-06}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Yves Bouvier

| Dmitry Rybolovlev

| Private sale {{refn|group=note| Rybolovlev resold Te Fare in February 2017 at Christie's in London for $25 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-28/that-85-million-painting-bought-as-an-investment-now-down-74|title=Russian Billionaire Takes 74% Loss on $85 Million Gauguin|last=Kazakina|first=Katya|date=28 February 2017|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=11 July 2018}}}}

${{Inflation|US|57|1993|r=1}}

| $57

| A Wheatfield with Cypresses

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1993-05}}

| 6

| Emil Georg Bührle's son

| Walter H. AnnenbergAnnenberg subsequently donated it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

| Private sale via Steven Mazoh

${{Inflation|US|100|2019|r=1}}

|$100

|Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump

|

|{{sort|Basquiat|Jean-Michel Basquiat}}

|1982

|2020

|

|Peter Brant{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Steve|date=July 25, 2020|title=Now hanging at the Art Institute: Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin's new, $100 million Basquiat canvas|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-griffin-basquiat-art-institute-loan-0725-20200725-g2l2lzlkhfdh7dpobezyvqw4p4-story.html|access-date=2020-09-30}}

|Ken Griffin{{Cite web|last=Kazakina|first=Katya|date=June 4, 2020|title=Ken Griffin Buys Basquiat Painting for More Than $100 Million|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-04/ken-griffin-buys-basquiat-painting-for-more-than-100-million|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Bloomberg}}

|Private sale

${{Inflation|US|47.85|1989|r=1}}

| $47.8

| Yo, Picasso

| 95px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1901

| {{Dts|1989-05-09}}

| 2

| Wendell Cherry

| Stavros Niarchos

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|80|2007|r=1}}

| $80.0

| Turquoise Marilyn

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

| 1964

| {{Dts|2007-05-20}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Stefan Edlis

| Steven A. Cohen

| Private sale via Larry GagosianCarol Vogel, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDB1630F936A15756C0A9619C8B63 Inside Art: Buying a Warhol 'Marilyn'], The New York Times, 25 May 2007

${{Inflation|US|70|2003|r=1}}

| $70.0

| Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos with a Page

|95px

| Titian

| 1533

| {{Dts|2003–11}}

| 10

| AXA insurance company

| Getty Museum

| Private sale via
Hervé Aaron[http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/titian_acq.html The Getty secures masterpiece portrait by Titian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622112055/http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/titian_acq.html |date=2013-06-22 }}, a November 24, 2003 press release by the Getty MuseumWill Bennett, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3612751/The-70-million-soldier.html The $70 million soldier], The Daily Telegraph, 23 February 2004

${{Inflation|US|86.8825|2012|r=1}}

| $86.9

| Orange, Red, Yellow

|

| {{sort|Rothko, Mark|Mark Rothko}}

| 1961

| {{Dts|2012-05-08}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| David Pincus estate

|

| Christie's, New York[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9254215/Mark-Rothko-painting-sets-post-war-auction-record.html Mark Rothko painting sets post-war auction record], The Daily Telegraph, 9 May 2012

${{Inflation|US|80.549389|2008|r=1}}

| $80.5
(£40.9)

| Le Bassin aux Nymphéas

|95px

| {{sort|Monet, Claude|Claude Monet}}

| 1919

| {{Dts|2008-06-24}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller

|Andrey Melnichenko{{Cite web |last=Neuendorf |first=Henri |date=2018-09-28 |title=The Impressionist Pioneer vs. the Postmodern Master: Two $30 Million Paintings Will Duel at Christie's and Sotheby's This Fall |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-monet-sothebys-richter-1359178 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}

| Christie's, London[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5100003 Lot description and auction details] of "Le bassin aux nymphéas" at Christie's website

$108.4

|$108.4

(£85.3)

|Lady with a Fan

|File:Gustav Klimt - Dame mit Fächer.jpeg

|{{sort|Klimt, Gustav|Gustav Klimt}}

|1917-8

|{{Dts|2023-06-27}}

|

|

|Patti Wong, on behalf of a Hong Kong buyer{{Cite news |last=Badshah |first=Nadeem |date=2023-06-27 |title=Gustav Klimt's Lady with a Fan sells for £85.3m, breaking European record |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/27/gustav-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-sells-for-853m-breaking-european-record |access-date=2023-06-28 |issn=0261-3077}}

|Sotheby's, LondonCite web |date=28 June 2023 |title=Gustav Klimt- Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/modern-contemporary-evening-auction-2/dame-mit-faecher-lady-with-a-fan?locale=en |access-date=28 June 2023 |website=Sotheby's

${{Inflation|US|91.9|2018|r=1}}

| $91.9

| Chop Suey

|

| {{sort|Hopper, Edward |Edward Hopper}}

| 1929

| {{Dts|2018-11-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Barney A. Ebsworth estate

|

| Christie's, New YorkScott Reyburn, [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/arts/design/hopper-painting-christies-auction.html Hopper Painting Sells for Record $91.9 Million at Christie’s], The New York Times, November 13, 2018

${{Inflation|US|60.5|1999|r=1}}

| $60.5

| Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier

| 95px

| {{sort|Cezanne, Paul|Paul Cézanne}}

| 1894

| {{Dts|1999-05-10}}

| 9

| Whitney Family {{refn|group=note|Steve Wynn, who bid on the painting at auction, privately acquired the work several months later from the unidentified buyer for an undisclosed, supposedly lower price. Kenneth Griffin acquired it in 2004 from Wynn.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2005/10/11/cohen-buys-two-works-from-wynn-in-120m-deal/|title=ARTnews: Cohen Buys Two Works from Wynn in $120M Deal| date=11 October 2005 |access-date=5 October 2014}}}}

|

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|90.3|2018|r=1}}

| $90.3

| Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)

|

| {{sort|Hockney, David|David Hockney}}

| 1972

| {{Dts|2018-11-15}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

|

| Pierre Chen

| Christie's, New YorkScott Reyburn and Robin Pogrebin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/arts/design/david-hockney-christies-portrait-of-an-artist-jeff-koons.html David Hockney Painting Sells for $90 Million, Smashing Record for Living Artist], The New York Times, November 15, 2018

${{Inflation|US|84.165|2014|r=1}}

| $84.2

| Black Fire I

|

| {{sort|Newman, Barnett|Barnett Newman}}

| 1961

| {{Dts|2014-05-13}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Private Collection

| Anonymous

| Christie's, New York{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/salebrowse.aspx?intsaleid=24436&viewType=list&action=sort&sid=2127a118-31e5-4542-baad-40f34d1a44c5&sortby=ehigh|title=Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale – Fine Art Auction – Search Results – Christie's|access-date=5 October 2014}}

${{Inflation|US|72.84|2007|r=1}}

| $72.8

| White Center (Yellow, Pink
and Lavender on Rose)

|

| {{sort|Rothko, Mark|Mark Rothko}}

| 1950

| {{Dts|2007-05-15}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| David Rockefeller, Sr.

|Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani{{Cite news | last1 = Thornton | first1 = Sarah | last2 = Adam | first2 = Georgina | title = Revealed: $72.8m Rockefeller Rothko has gone to Qatar | newspaper = The Art Newspaper | date = May 4, 2008 | url = http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7946 | access-date = May 6, 2008 | archive-date = August 20, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090820010636/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7946 | url-status = dead }}

| Sotheby's, New York[http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159362867 Lot description and auction details] of "White Center" at Sotheby's website.

${{Inflation|US|39.67425|1987|r=1}}

| $39.7
(£24.75)

| Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1987-03-30}}

| 1

| Helen Beatty,
daughter-in-law of
Chester Beatty

| Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp./Sompo Holdings{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-heirs-of-a-jewish-banker-are-taking-a-japanese-company-to-court-over-an-allegedly-nazi-looted-van-gogh/ar-AA15sviM|title=The Heirs of a Jewish Banker are Taking a Japanese Company to Court over an Allegedly Nazi-Looted Van Gogh|website=MSN}}

| Christie's, London

${{Inflation|US|88.8|2019|r=1}}

| $88.8

|Buffalo II

|

|{{sort|Rauschenberg, Robert|Robert Rauschenberg}}

| 1964

|{{Dts|2019-05-15}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Robert and Beatrice Mayer Estate

|Alice Walton{{Cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/alice-walton-rauschenberg-christies-12699/|title=Report: Alice Walton Was Buyer of Record-Breaking $88.8 M. Rauschenberg at Christie's|last=Durón|first=Maximilíano|date=2019-06-04|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}

| Christie's, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/features/Robert-Rauschenberg-silkscreen-painting-Buffalo-II-9805-3.aspx|title=How Robert Rauschenberg 'rewrote the rules of the game' |website=www.christies.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}

${{Inflation|US|81.925|2014|r=1}}

| $81.9

| Triple Elvis

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

| 1963

| {{Dts|2014-11-12}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| {{Interlanguage link multi|WestSpiel|de}}Carol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/arts/design/a-warhol-leads-a-night-of-big-bids-at-christies-.html A Warhol Leads a Night of Soaring Prices at Christie’s], The New York Times, Nov 13, 2014

|

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/andy-warhol-triple-elvis-ferus-type-5846064-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5846064&sid=e1f43629-458c-45cf-8265-fbda3819355a Andy Warhol's "Triple Elvis" auction results] at Christie's

${{Inflation|US|71.72|2007|r=1}}

| $71.7

| Green Car Crash
(Green Burning Car I)

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

| 1963

| {{Dts|2007-05-16}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Private collection, Zürich

| Philip Niarchos

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4913707 Lot description and auction details] of "Green Car Crash" at Christie's website

${{Inflation|US|81.925|2015|r=1}}

| $81.9

| No. 10

|

| {{sort|Rothko, Mark|Mark Rothko}}

| 1958

| {{Dts|2015-05-13}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

|

|

| Christie's, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2015/05/13/christies-pwc-evening-658-5m/|title=Christie's PWC Evening = $658.5m|date=May 14, 2015|website=Art Market Monitor}}{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Paintings/mark-rothko-no-10-5896023-details.aspx|title=Mark Rothko (1903–1970), No. 10|website=www.christies.com}}

${{Inflation|index=US|value=93.1|start_year=2021|r=1}}

|$93.1

|In This Case

|

| {{sort|Basquiat|Jean-Michel Basquiat}}

|1983

|{{Dts|2021-05-11}}

|

|Giancarlo Giammetti

|Private collector

|Christie's, New York{{Cite web|date=May 11, 2021|title=Basquiat's In This Case headlines Christie's inaugural 21st Century Evening Sale at $93,105,000|url=https://www.christies.com/features/21st-Century-Evening-Sale-results-May-2021-11659-3.aspx|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Christie's|language=en}}

${{Inflation|US|85.8125|2018|r=1}}

| $85.8

| Suprematist Composition

| 95px

| {{sort|Malevich, Kazimir|Kazimir Malevich}}

| 1916

| {{Dts|2018-05-15}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| The Nahmad family

| Anonymous

| Christie's, New York {{refn|group=note|The Nahmad family bought Suprematist Composition in 2008 at Sotheby's, New York, for $60,002,500 (${{Inflation|US|60.0025|2008}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars) from the heirs of Kazimir Malevich.Nate Freeman, [https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-malevich-suprematist-composition-sold-858-million-christies-breaking-record-work-russian-art A Malevich Suprematist Composition sold for $85.8 million at Christie’s, breaking the record for a work of Russian art.], at ArtNet, 15 May 2018[https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/kazimir-malevich-suprematist-composition-6140947-details.aspxLot description and auction details] of "Suprematist Composition" at Christie's website.[http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159505088 Lot description and 2008 auction details] of "Suprematist Composition" at Sotheby's website.}}

${{Inflation|US|80.805|2014|r=1}}

| $80.8

| Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards

|

| {{sort|Bacon, Francis|Francis Bacon}}

| 1984

| {{Dts|2014-05-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Private Collection

| Anonymous

| Christie's, New York.

${{Inflation|US|92.2|2021|r=1}}

| $92.2

|Portrait of a Young Man holding a Roundel

| 95px

|Sandro Botticelli

| data-sort-value="1480" |{{circa|1480}}

| {{Dts|2021-01-21}}

|

|Sheldon Solow estate

|Russian private collector

|Sotheby's, New York{{Cite news|last=Kazakina|first=Katya|date=2021-01-28|title=A Botticelli Portrait Sells for $92 Million at Sotheby's Auction|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/arts/design/sandro-botticelli-painting-sothebys.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/arts/design/sandro-botticelli-painting-sothebys.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=2021-01-28|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}

${{Inflation|US|81.4475|2016|r=1}}

| $81.4

| Meule

| 95px

| {{sort|Monet Claude|Claude Monet}}

| 1891

| {{Dts|2016-11-16}}

| data-sort-value=13|

|

|

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/claude-monet-meule-6037815-details.aspx Claude Monet's "Meule"] at Christie's website

${{Inflation|US|84.6875|2018|r=1}}

| $84.7

| Nymphéas en fleur

| 95px

| {{sort|Monet, Claude|Claude Monet}}

| 1914–1917

| {{Dts|2018-05-08}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| David and Peggy Rockefeller

| Xin Li-Cohen{{Cite web|url=https://en.thevalue.com/articles/christies-new-york-2018-may-david-rockefeller-sale-of-the-century-xin-li-cohen-monet-matisse|title=Christie's 'Secret Weapon' in Rockefeller's 'Sale of the Century' {{!}} Auctions News {{!}} THE VALUE {{!}} Art News|website=TheValue.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}

| Christie's, New York{{cite web|access-date=2018-05-10|title=Claude Monet (1840–1926), Nymphéas en fleur|url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/claude-monet-nympheas-en-fleur-6134208-details.aspx|website=www.christies.com}}

data-sort-value=${{Inflation|US|75|2011|r=0}}|~${{Inflation|US|75|2011|r=0}}

| data-sort-value="$75"|~$75
(€50–60)Usually estimated at "over €50 M" or "between 50 and 60 million Euros". On July 12, 2011, $75M was equivalent to €53M.

| Darmstadt Madonna

| 95px

| {{sort|Holbein, Hans|Hans Holbein}}

| 1526

| {{Dts|2011-07-12}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse

| Reinhold Würth

| Private sale via
Christoph Graf Douglas[http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Greatest-German-Renaissance-Madonna-sold-by-prince/24331 Greatest German Renaissance Madonna sold by prince] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502102155/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Greatest-German-Renaissance-Madonna-sold-by-prince/24331 |date=2013-05-02 }}, The Art Newspaper, July 15, 2011

${{Inflation|US|81.3125|2017|r=1}}

| $81.3

| Laboureur dans un champ

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|2017-11-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass estate

|

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/vincent-van-gogh-laboureur-dans-un-champ-6108742-details.aspx Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Laboureur dans un champ] at Christie's website

${{Inflation|US|84.550|2019|r=1}}

| $84.55

| Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus

|

| {{sort|Bacon, Francis|Francis Bacon}}

| 1981

| {{Dts|2020-06-30}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Hans Rasmus Astrup

|

| Sotheby's, New York[https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/contemporary-art-evening-auction/francis-bacon-triptych-inspired-by-the-oresteia-of?locale=en Lot description and auction details] of "Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus" at Sotheby's website.

${{Inflation|US|70.625|2009|r=1}}

| $70.6
(£50)

| Diana and Actaeon

|

95px

| Titian

| 1556–1559

| {{Dts|2009-02-01}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Duke of Sutherland

| National Galleries of Scotland
& National Gallery, London

| Private saleFarah Nayeri, [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a00z.Ov.weDw&refer=home U.K. Buys Titian Diana Painting for 50 Million Pounds], Bloomberg, February 2, 2009Mike Wade, [https://archive.today/20110604213714/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5644381.ece Titian deal paves way for next acquisition], The Sunday Times, 2 February 2009[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7863635.stm Funds secured for Titian painting], BBC News, 2 February 2009

${{Inflation|US|40.7|1989|r=1}}

| $40.7

| Au Lapin Agile

| 95px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1904

| {{Dts|1989-11-27}}

| 5

| Linda de Roulet, daughter of Joan Whitney Payson

| Walter H. Annenberg

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|68|2007|r=1}}

| $68

| The Gross Clinic

| 95px

| {{sort|Eakins, Thomas|Thomas Eakins}}

| 1875

| {{Dts|2007-04-12}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Thomas Jefferson University

| Philadelphia Museum of Art

| Private saleSalisbury, Stephan (November 14, 2006), [http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16005417.htm A divisive deal], The Philadelphia Inquirer

${{Inflation|US|75.1225|2012|r=1}}

| $75.1

| No 1 (Royal Red and Blue)

|

| {{sort|Rothko, Mark|Mark Rothko}}

| 1954

| {{Dts|2012-11-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| John and Anne Marion

|

| Sotheby's, New York{{Cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n08900/lot.19.lotnum.html|title=Mark Rothko: No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue)|date=November 2012|website=Sotheby's|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131008/http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n08900/lot.19.lotnum.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}

${{Inflation|US|38.5396|1988|r=1}}

| $38.5
(£20.9)

| Acrobate et jeune arlequin
Re-sold for £12m to Stavros Niarchos in 1993.

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1905

| {{Dts|1988-11-28}}

| 3

| Roger Janssen heirs?
A Belgian banker and collector who bought it in 1939 for $18,000. His was the last name on the 1988 provenance list; painting came from "a private collection in Arizona"

| Mitsukoshi

| Christie's, London

${{Inflation|US|80.750|2018|r=1}}

| $80.8

| Odalisque couchée aux magnolias

|

| {{sort|Matisse, Henri|Henri Matisse}}

| 1923

| {{Dts|2018-05-08}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| David and Peggy Rockefeller

| Xin Li-Cohen

| Christie's, New York{{cite web|access-date=2018-05-10|title=Claude Monet (1840–1926), Odalisque couchée aux magnolias|url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/henri-matisse-odalisque-couchee-aux-magnolias-6134206-details.aspx|website=www.christies.com}}

${{Inflation|US|55.006|2000|r=1}}

| $55.0

| Femme aux Bras Croisés

| 95px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1902

| {{Dts|2000-11-08}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Chauncey McCormick heirs

|

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=6&intObjectID=1917887 Lot description and auction details] of "Femme aux bras croisés" at Christie's website

${{Inflation|US|68.9625|2010|r=1}}

| $69.0

| Nude Sitting on a Divan

| 85px

| {{sort|Modigliani, Amedeo|Amedeo Modigliani}}

| 1917

| {{Dts|2010-11-02}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Halit CıngıllıogluKelly Crow, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704462704575591002924825976 Sotheby's Sells $68.9 Million Modigliani], The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2010

|

| Sotheby's, New York{{cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2010/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n08675#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08675.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08675.html/7/|title=Nu assis sur un divan auction details at Sotheby's|access-date=5 October 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143620/http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2010/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n08675#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08675.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08675.html/7/|url-status=dead}}

${{Inflation|US|63.5|2006|r=1}}

| $63.5

| Police Gazette{{cite web|url=http://www.twcdc.com/bellagio/dekooning.htm |title=Willem de Kooning |publisher=Twcdc.com |access-date=2013-04-30}}

|

| {{sort|de Kooning, Willem|Willem de Kooning}}

| 1955

| {{Dts|2006-10-12}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| David Geffen

| Steven A. Cohen

| Private sale via Richard Gray.

${{Inflation|US|85|2021|r=1}}

| $85

| Untitled

|

| {{sort|Basquiat|Jean-Michel Basquiat}}

| 1982

| {{Dts|2022-05-18}}

|

| Yusaku Maezawa

| Taiwanese collector

| Philips, New York{{Cite news |last=Reyburn |first=Scott |date=2022-05-19 |title=Basquiat Tops Phillips Contemporary Sale at $85 Million |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/arts/design/basquiat-phillips-contemporary-sale.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |issn=0362-4331}}

${{Inflation|US|71.7|2012|r=1}}

| $71.7
(£45)

| Diana and Callisto

| 95px

| Titian

| 1556–1559

| {{Dts|2012-03-02}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Duke of Sutherland

| National Galleries of Scotland
& National Gallery, London

| Private sale{{cite news|author=Pauline McLean BBC Scotland arts correspondent |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17220446 |title=Titian masterpiece Diana and Callisto saved for nation |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2012-03-01}}

${{Inflation|US|82.5|2021|r=1}}

|$82.5

|No. 7

|

|Mark Rothko

|1951

|{{Dts|2023-02-19}}

|

|Private Collection

|Laurence Escalante

|Private sale

${{Inflation|US|70.53|2015|r=1}}

| $70.5

| Untitled (New York City)

|

| {{sort|Twombly, Cy|Cy Twombly}}

| 1968

| {{Dts|2015-11-11}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Sydney M. Irmas heirs

|

| Christie's, New York{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/arts/design/sale-offers-a-reason-for-relief-at-sothebys.html|title=Sale Offers a Reason for Relief at Sotheby's|first1=Robin|last1=Pogrebin|first2=Scott|last2=Reyburn|newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 November 2015}}

${{Inflation|US|77|2020|r=1}}

| $77
(¥512.9)

| {{Interlanguage link|Ten Views Of Lingbi Rock|zh|十面灵璧图卷}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/ming-dynasty-scroll-sells-for-record-77-million-at-auction|title=Ming Dynasty Scroll Sells for Record $77 Million at Auction|website=Bloomberg.com|last=Marlow|first=Lain|date=October 23, 2020}}

| 95px

| Wu Bin

| 1610

| {{Dts|2020-10-20}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| William Bernard Ziff Jr. heirs

|

| Beijing Poly Auction

${{Inflation|US|49.5025|1999|r=1}}

| $49.5

| Femme assise dans un jardin

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1938

| {{Dts|1999-11-10}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Robert Saidenberg {{refn|group=note|Son of Daniel (conductor & cellist) and Eleanore Saidenberg who were Picasso's New York dealers from 1955 to 1973.Andrew Decker, [http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/decker/decker11-12-99.asp The Saidenberg Coup], at artnet.com}}Carter B. Horsley, [http://www.thecityreview.com/f99ssaid.html The Collection of Eleanore and Daniel Saidenberg]

|

| Sotheby's, New York

${{Inflation|US|70.182|2014|r=1}}

| $70.2
(£42.2)

| Portrait of George Dyer Talking

|

| {{sort|Bacon, Francis|Francis Bacon}}

| 1966

| {{Dts|2014-02-13}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

|

|

| Christie's, London[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/francis-bacon-1909-1992-portrait-of-george-dyer-5766924-details.aspx Francis Bacon (1909–1992) Portrait of George Dyer Talking] at Christie's websiteCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/arts/design/francis-bacon-work-sells-for-70-million-at-christies-auction.html Francis Bacon Work Sells for $70 Million at Christie’s Auction], The New York Times, February 13, 2014

${{Inflation|US|47.5|1997|r=1}}

| $47.5

| Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1890

| {{Dts|1997}}

| 11

|

| Steve Wynn{{refn|group=note|On Oct. 7, 2005, The New York Times reported that Steven Cohen bought van Gogh's "Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat" and Gauguin's "Bathers" (1903) from Steve Wynn for approximately $110 million,{{cite web|url=http://www.sgallery.net/news/10_2005/07.php|title=sGallery: A Gauguin and a van Gogh Change Hands|access-date=5 October 2014|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234749/http://www.sgallery.net/news/10_2005/07.php|url-status=dead}} though guesses range from $100–150 million. One or both of the paintings may thus occur higher on this list.}}

| Private sale via
Acquavella Galleries Inc.,
New YorkCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/arts/design/07voge.html A Gauguin and a van Gogh Change Hands], The New York Times, Oct 7, 2005

${{Inflation|US|69.605|2014|r=1}}

| $69.6

| {{Interlanguage link|Untitled (1970 painting)|lt=Untitled|de|Untitled, 1970}}

|

| {{sort|Twombly, Cy|Cy Twombly}}

| 1970

| {{Dts|2014-11-12}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Nicola del Roscio

|

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/cy-twombly-untitled-5846075-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5846075&sid=e1f43629-458c-45cf-8265-fbda3819355a Cy Twombly's Untitled auction results] at Christie's

${{Inflation|US|69.605|2014|r=1}}

| $69.6

| Four Marlons

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

| 1966

| {{Dts|2014-11-12}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| WestSpiel

|

| Christie's, New York[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/andy-warhol-four-marlons-5846065-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5846065&sid=e1f43629-458c-45cf-8265-fbda3819355a Andy Warhol's "Four Marlons" auction results] at Christie's

${{Inflation|US|79.45|2021|r=1}}

| $79.45

| The Empire of Lights

|

| {{sort|Magritte, Rene|René Magritte}}

| 1961

| {{Dts|2022-02-03}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Anne-Marie Crowet Gillon heirs

|

| Sotheby's, London{{cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/rene-magritte-auction-record-sothebys-lempire-des-lumieres-1234620706/|title=Magritte 'Masterpiece' Sells for Record-Breaking $79.8 M. During Sotheby's Sale|first1=Angelica|last1=Villa|date=2 March 2022|via=www.artnews.com}}

${{Inflation|US|65.48445|2011|r=1}}

| $65.5
(¥425.5)

| Eagle Standing on Pine Tree{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13501773|title=China auction sees Qi Baishi painting sell for $65m|work=BBC News|access-date=5 October 2014|date=May 23, 2011}}

| 95px

| Qi Baishi

| 1946

| {{Dts|2011-05-22}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Liu Yiqian

| Hunan TV & Broadcast
Intermediary Co{{cite web|url=http://en.artron.net/news/news.php?newid=172325|title=The buyer of 422.5 Million Qi Baishi painting revealed|access-date=5 October 2014}}

| China Guardian Auctions

${{Inflation|US|63.3625|2010|r=1}}

| $63.4

|Men in Her Life

|

| {{sort|Warhol, Andy|Andy Warhol}}

|1962

| {{Dts|2010-11-08}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Jose Mugrabi

| Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-are-the-top-10-al-thani-family-art-acquisitions-164747|title=What Are The Top 10 Al-Thani Family Art Acquisitions?|author=Christie Chu|date=14 November 2014|work=ArtNet News}}

|Phillips de Pury & CompanyCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/arts/design/10phillips.html Auction Records Fall at Phillips’s Sale of Contemporary Masters], NY Times, November 10, 2010

${{Inflation|US|70.0625|2017|r=1}}

| $70.1

| Contraste de formes

|

| {{sort|Léger, Fernand|Fernand Léger}}

| 1913

| {{Dts|2017-11-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| {{illm|Anna-Maria Kellen|lt=Anna-Maria|de

} and {{illm|Stephen M. Kellen|lt=Stephen Kellen|de|}} Foundation

|

| Christie's, New York{{Cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/fernand-leger-contraste-de-formes-6108728-details.aspx|title=Fernand Léger (1881–1955), Contraste de formes|website=Christie's|language=en|access-date=2017-11-21}}

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|67.45|2015|r=1}}

| $67.45

| La Gommeuse

| 85px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1901

| {{Dts|2015-11-05}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| William I. Koch

|

| Sotheby's, New York.{{cite web|title=La Gommeuse|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n09415/lot.26.html|publisher=Sotheby's}}{{cite news|last1=Pogrebin|first1=Robin|title=Warmer Response at Sotheby's 2nd Night of Auctions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/arts/design/warmer-response-at-sothebys-2nd-night-of-auctions.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 November 2015 }}

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|67.365|2015|r=1}}

| $67.4

| Buste de femme
(Femme à la résille)

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1938

| {{Dts|2015-05-11}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Steve Wynn

| Joseph Lau{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-12/hong-kong-billionaire-joseph-lau-sets-two-records-in-24-hours|last=Balfour|first=Frederik|title= Hong Kong Billionaire Lau Sets Two Records in 24 Hours|newspaper=Bloomberg Business|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2015}}

| Christie's, New York

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|35.2|1989|r=1}}

| $35.2

| Portrait of a Halberdier

| 95px

| Pontormo

| 1537

| {{Dts|1989-05-31}}

| 5

| Chauncey Stillman

| Getty Museum

| Christie's, New York

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|66.33|2015|r=1}}

| $66.3

| L’Allée des Alyscamps

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1888

| {{Dts|2015-05-05}}

| data-sort-value=13|

|

|

| Sotheby's, New YorkBrian Boucher, [https://news.artnet.com/market/led-66m-van-gogh-sothebys-impressionist-modern-sale-robustly-kicks-off-season-294831 Led by $66M Van Gogh, Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Sale Robustly Kicks Off Season], Artnet, May 5, 2015

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|66.245|2014|r=1}}

| $66.2

| Untitled

|

| {{sort|Rothko, Mark|Mark Rothko}}

| 1952

| {{Dts|2014-05-13}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Private Collection

| Anonymous

| Christie's, New York

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|66.3275|2016|r=1}}

| $66.3

| Untitled XXV

|

| {{sort|De Kooning|Willem de Kooning}}

| 1977

| {{Dts|2016-11-15}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

|

|

| Christie's, New York{{Cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6038630&from=searchresults&intObjectID=6038630&sid=b7d2d735-1730-495c-b7ed-df3d62a5e3f6|title=Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), Untitled XXV|website=Christie's|access-date=2017-11-21}}

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|62.1299|2011|r=1}}

| $62.1
(¥402.5)

| Zhichuan Resettlement{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/business/2011-06/05/content_22719343.htm|title=Wang Meng painting auction for $62 million|author=吴南岚|access-date=5 October 2014}}

| 65px

| Wang Meng

| 1350

| {{Dts|2011-06-04}}

| data-sort-value=13|

|

|

| Beijing Poly Auction

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|69.2|2018|r=1}}

| $69.2

| Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter)

|

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1937

| {{Dts|2018-02-28}}

|

| Private collection

| Harry Smith

| Sotheby's, London{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/picasso-sothebys-impressionist-modern-sale-london-1233899|title=A Petite $69 Million Picasso Leads Sotheby's Solid $189 Million Impressionist Sale in London|date=2018-02-28|work=artnet news|access-date=2020-02-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l18002/lot.7.html|title=Property from a Distinguished Private Collection – Pablo Picasso – Femme Au Béret Et À La Robe Quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter)|date=2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301211907/http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l18002/lot.7.html|archive-date=2018-03-01|access-date=2020-02-09}}

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|65.125|2014|r=1}}

| $65.1

| Spring

| 95px

| {{sort|Manet, Edouard|Édouard Manet}}

| 1881

| {{Dts|2014-11-05}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Oliver Hazard Payne heirs[http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/268843/edouard-manet-jeanne-spring-french-1881/ Jeanne (Spring)] at the J. Paul Getty Museum website

| Getty Museum

| Christie's, New YorkCraig Nakano, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-manet-spring-auction-record-20141105-story.html Getty breaks record with $65.1-million purchase of Manet's 'Spring'], LA Times, November 5, 2014

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|68.9|2018|r=1}}

| $68.9

| Woman as Landscape

|

| {{sort|de Kooning, Willem|Willem de Kooning}}

| 1955

| {{Dts|2018-11-13}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Barney A. Ebsworth estate

|

| Christie's, New York

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|61.6825|2011|r=1}}

| $61.7

| {{illm|1949-A-No. 1|de}}

|

| {{sort|Still, Clyfford|Clyfford Still}}

| 1949

| {{Dts|2011-11-09}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| City and County of Denver

|

| Sotheby's, New YorkCarol Vogel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/arts/sothebys-contemporary-art-sale-totals-316-million.html As Stocks Fall, Art Surges at a $315.8 Million Sale], NY Times, November 9, 2011

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|71.35|2021|r=1}}

| $71.4

| Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|2021-11-11}}

|

| Edwin L. Cox

|

| Christie's, New York{{Cite web|title=VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)|url=https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6341120?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6341120&from=salessummary&lid=1|access-date=2021-11-12|website=www.christies.com|language=en}}

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|70.35|2021|r=1}}

| $70.35

| Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas (1917-19)

| 95px

| Claude Monet

| 1917-19

| {{Dts|2021-05-12}}

| data-sort-value="13" |

| Private Collection, New York, United States

|

| Sotheby's, New York[https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale/le-bassin-aux-nympheas-2 Claude Monet's "Le Bassin aux nymphéas" auction results] at Sotheby's

|-

! ${{Inflation|US|65.23|2018|r=1}}

| $65.23
(HK$510.371)

| Juin-Octobre 1985

|

| Zao Wou-Ki

| 1985

| {{Dts|2018-09-30}}

| data-sort-value=13|

| Chang Qiu DunNate Freeman, [https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-zao-wou-ki-painting-sold-65-million-breaking-records-work-asian-artist A Zao Wou-Ki painting sold for $65 million, breaking records for a work by an Asian artist], Artsy, October 1, 2018

|

| Sotheby's, Hong Kong[https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/modern-art-evening-sale-hk0809/lot.1004.html Zao Wou-Ki's "Juin-Octobre 1985" auction results] at Sotheby's

|}

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Progression of highest prices paid

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This list shows the progression of the highest price paid for a painting since 1746.

class="wikitable sortable"
data-sort-type="currency" | Price

!Painting

!Image

!Artist

!Year

!Date of sale

!Seller

!Buyer

!Auction house

$0.03 million

|Magdalen in the Desert

|95px

|{{sort|da Correggio, Antonio|Antonio da Correggio}}

|

|{{Dts|1746}}

|

|Augustus III of Poland

| Private sale

$0.04 million (110,000 French francs)

|Sistine Madonna

|95px

|{{sort|Raphael|Raphael}}

|data-sort-value=1513|{{circa}} 1513–1514

|{{Dts|1759}}

|Piacenza

|Augustus III of Poland

| Private sale

$0.08 million (£16,000)

|Adoration of the Mystic Lamb

|95px

|{{sort|van Eyck|Hubert and Jan van Eyck}}

|1432

|{{Dts|1821}}

|Edward Solly

|Frederick William III of Prussia

| Private sale

$0.12 million (615,300 French francs)

|The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables

|95px

|{{sort|Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban|Bartolomé Esteban Murillo}}

|data-sort-value=1678|{{circa}} 1678

|{{Dts|1852}}

|Jean-de-Dieu Soult

|Louvre, Paris

| Paris{{cite web|url=https://www.museodelprado.es/aprende/enciclopedia/voz/inmaculada-concepcion-de-los-venerables-o-de/6bb0aadc-4b8d-48d7-a14f-ca4d45a11e6d|title=Inmaculada Concepción de los Venerables o «de Soult», La [Murillo]|last=González|first=Enrique Valdivieso|publisher=Museo del Prado|language=Spanish|trans-title=Immaculate Conception of the Venerables or «de Soult», La [Murillo]|access-date=5 March 2024}}

$0.35 million (£70,000)

|Ansidei Madonna

|95px

|{{sort|Raphael|Raphael}}

|data-sort-value=1507|1505–1507

|{{Dts|1885}}

|George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough

|National Gallery, London

| Private sale{{cite book | title=A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery | volume=1 | author=Ruskin, J | year=1888 | publisher=MacMillan & Company | location=London | pages=111–112 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxFJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA111}}

$0.5 million

|Colonna Altarpiece

|95px

|{{sort|Raphael|Raphael}}

|data-sort-value=1503|{{circa}} 1503-1505

|{{Dts|1901}}

|Charles Sedelmeyer

|J. P. Morgan

| Private sale

$0.51 million

|Portrait of Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo

|95px

|{{sort|van Dyck, Anthony|Anthony van Dyck}}

|data-sort-value=1623|{{circa}} 1623

|{{Dts|1906}}

|Knoedler

|Peter Arrell Browne Widener

| Private sale

$0.51 million

|The Mill

|95px

|{{sort|Rembrandt|Rembrandt}}

|data-sort-value=1648|1645/48

|{{Dts|1911}}

|Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne

|Peter Arrell Browne Widener

| Private sale

$0.6 million

|Small Cowper Madonna

|95px

|{{sort|Raphael|Raphael}}

|data-sort-value=1504|{{circa}} 1504–1505

|{{Dts|1913}}

|Joseph Joel Duveen

|Peter Arrell Browne Widener

| Private sale

$1.6 million

|Benois Madonna

|95px

|{{sort|Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci}}

|data-sort-value=1478|{{circa}} 1478–1480

|{{Dts|1914}}

|Benois family

|Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia

| Private sale

$2 million

| Study of a Young Woman

| 95px

|{{sort|Vermeer, Johannes|Johannes Vermeer}}

|data-sort-value=1665| c. 1665-1667

| {{Dts|1959}}

| Prince d'Arenberg

| Charles Wrightsman

| Private sale

$2.3 million

| Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer

| 95px

|{{sort|Rembrandt|Rembrandt}}

| 1653

| {{Dts|1961-11-15}}

| Estate of Mrs Alfred Erickson

| Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

| Parke-Bernet, New York{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/16/archives/museum-gets-rembrandt-for-23-million-record-price-is-paid-by-the.html?sq=aristotle+contemplating+a+bust+of+homer&scp=5&st=p|title=Museum Gets Rembrandt for 2.3 Million|last=Knox|first=Sanka|date=November 16, 1961|newspaper=The New York Times|page=1|access-date=March 5, 2024}}

data-sort-value="$5"|$5-$6 million

| Ginevra de' Benci

| 95px

|{{sort|Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci}}

|data-sort-value=1474| {{circa|1474–1478}}

| {{Dts|1967-02}}

| Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein

| National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

| Private sale

$5.5 million (£2.3 million)

| Portrait of Juan de Pareja

| 95px

| {{sort|Velázquez, Diego|Diego Velázquez}}

|data-sort-value=1650| {{circa|1650}}

| {{Dts|1970-11-27}}

| Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor

| Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

| Christie's, London{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2013/dec/01/archive-velazquez-scarred-price-tag|title=From the Observer archive: 29 November 1970: A Velázquez now forever scarred by its £2m price-tag|last=Gosling|first=Nigel|date=2013-12-01|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2024-03-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records|last1=McWhirter|first1=Norris|last2=McWhirter|first2=Ross|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.|year=1972|isbn=0-8069-0004-0|page=177|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofwo0000unse_e7s5/page/176/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=March 5, 2024|via=Internet Archive}}

$6.4 million

| Juliet and her Nurse

|

| {{sort|Turner, Joseph|J. M. W. Turner}}

|1836

| {{Dts|1980-05-29}}

| Trustees of Whitney Museum

| María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat{{Cite web |date=2010-04-30 |title=Why do certain works still set auction records during recessions |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2010/05/01/why-do-certain-works-still-set-auction-records-during-recessions |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=The Art Newspaper}}

| Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York{{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records|last1=McWhirter|first1=Norris|publisher=Bantam Books|year=1982|isbn=0-553-20356-8|pages=202–203|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookof1982mcwh/page/202/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=March 5, 2024|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite news |last=Reif |first=Rita |date=1980-05-30 |title=A Turner Sells for Record $6.4 Million; 'Spate of First-Rate Pictures' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/30/archives/a-turner-sells-for-record-64-million-spate-of-firstrate-pictures.html |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

$10.0 million (£7.47 million)

| Seascape: Folkestone

|

| {{sort|Turner, Joseph|J. M. W. Turner}}

|data-sort-value=1845| {{circa|1845}}

| {{Dts|1984-07-05}}

| Estate of Kenneth Clark

| Unknown

| Sotheby's, London{{cite book|title=The Guinness Book of Records 1987|last1=Russell|first1=Alan|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|year=1986|isbn=0-85112-439-9|page=80|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofre00ster/page/79/mode/2up|access-date=March 6, 2024|via=Internet Archive}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|date=July 6, 1984|page=1|title=£7.3 million record for Turner painting|first=Geraldine|last=Norman}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 6, 1984|page=1|title=Turner Painting Sold for Record $10 Million|first=Mary|last=Jordan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/07/06/turner-painting-sold-for-record-10-million/1cd11189-ef24-4359-8c16-7d0dfba38ea6/|access-date=March 6, 2024}}

$10.5 million

| Adoration of the Magi

| 95px

| {{sort|Mantegna, Andrea|Andrea Mantegna}}

| 1462

| {{Dts|1985-04-18}}

| Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton

| J. Paul Getty Museum

| Christie's, New York

$39.7 million
(£24.75 million)

| Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1987-03-30}}

| Helen Beatty,
daughter-in-law of
Chester Beatty

| Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp./Sompo Holdings

| Christie's, London

$53.9 million

| Irises

|95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1987-11-11}}

| John Whitney Payson, son of Joan Whitney Payson

| Alan Bond

| Sotheby's, New York

$58 million plus
exchange of
worksThe paintings transferred to the dealers include a late Monet entitled Corona (Water Lilies) from around 1920; Renoir's Reclining Nude of 1902; Kandinsky's Autumn Landscape, Murnau from 1908, and Picasso's Striped Bodice from September 1943.

| Portrait of Joseph Roulin

|95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1889

| {{Dts|1989-08-01}}

| Private collection, Zürich

| Museum of Modern Art New York

| Private sale via
Thomas Ammann,
Fine Art Zurich

$82.5 million

| Portrait of Dr. Gachet

| 95px

| {{sort|Gogh, Vincent van|Vincent van Gogh}}

| 1890

| {{Dts|1990-05-15}}

| Siegfried Kramarsky heirs

| Ryoei Saito

| Christie's, New York

$104.2 million

| Garçon à la pipe

| 95px

| {{sort|Picasso, Pablo|Pablo Picasso}}

| 1905

| {{Dts|2004-05-05}}

| Greentree Foundation
(Whitney family)

| Guido Barilla (suspected)

| Sotheby's, New York

$135 million

| Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

| 95px

| {{sort|Klimt, Gustav|Gustav Klimt}}

| 1907

| {{Dts|2006-06-18}}

| Maria Altmann

| Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie

| Private sale via Christie's

$140 million

| No. 5, 1948

|

| {{sort|Pollock, Jackson|Jackson Pollock}}

| 1948

| {{Dts|2006-11-02}}

| David Geffen

|David Martinez

| Private sale via Sotheby's

$250 million+Exact price (even the currency of sale) is not known, with estimates from $250 million to $300 million

| The Card Players

| 95px

| {{sort|Cezanne, Paul|Paul Cézanne}}

|data-sort-value=1893| 1892/93

| {{Dts|2011-04}}

| George Embiricos

| State of Qatar

| Private sale

data-sort-value="$300"|~$300 million

| Interchange

| 95px

| {{sort|de Kooning, Willem|Willem de Kooning}}

| 1955

| {{Dts|2015-09}}

| David Geffen Foundation

| Kenneth C. Griffin

| Private sale

data-sort-value="$450.3"|$450.3 million

|Salvator Mundi

|95px

|{{sort|Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci}}

|data-sort-value=1500|{{circa|1500}}

|{{Dts|2017-11-15}}

|Dmitry Rybolovlev

|Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud

|Christie's, New York

See also

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References

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External links

  • [https://theartwolf.com/art-market/most-expensive-paintings/ The Most Expensive Paintings ever sold list by theartwolf]
  • {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616110749/http://www.productionmyarts.com/arts-et-marche/100-oeuvres-fr.htm |date=16 June 2016 |title=Oeuvres d'art les plus dispendieuses au monde}}
  • [https://www.belart-gallery.com/post/most-expensive-artworks-of-2024 Most Expensive Artworks of 2024]

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