The Priciest Artwork Ever Bought (15 pics)

Posted in       22 May 2014       6058       5 GALLERY VIEW

Irises – Vincent van Gogh – $110.7 Million

Seller: son of Joan Whitney Payson | Buyer: Alan Bond

Dora Maar au Chat – Pablo Picasso – $111.5 Million

Seller: Gidwitz family | Buyer: Boris Ivanishvili

Portrait of Joseph Roulin – Vincent van Gogh – $112 Million plus exchange of works

Seller: Private collection, Zürich | Buyer: Museum of Modern Art New York

Nude, Green Leaves and Bust – Pablo Picasso – $115.7 Million

Seller: Frances Lasker Brody estate | Buyer:

Flag – Japser Johns – $119.8 Million

Seller: Jean-Christophe Castelli | Buyer: Steven A. Cohen

The Scream – Edvard Munch – $123.7 Million

Seller: Petter Olsen | Buyer: Leon Black

Garçon à la pipe – Pablo Picasso – $130.6 Million

Seller: Greentree foundation | Buyer: Barilla Group

Bal du moulin de la Galette – Pierre-Auguste Renoir $143.3 Million

Seller: Betsey Whitney | Buyer: Ryoei Saito

Three Studies of Lucian Freud – Francis Bacon $144.5 Million

Seller: | Buyer: Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn

Portrait of Dr. Gachet – Vincent van Gogh – $151.4 Million

Seller: Siegfried Kramarsky family | Buyer: Ryoei Saito

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I – Gustav Klimt – $157.7 Million

Seller: George Maria Altmann | Buyer: Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie

Le Rêve – Pablo Picasso – $157.9 Million

Seller: Steve Wynn | Buyer: Steven A. Cohen

Woman III – Willem de Kooning – $161.8 Million

Seller: David Geffen | Buyer: Steven A. Cohen

No. 5, 1948 – Jackson Pollock – $164.7 Million

Seller: David Geffen | Buyer: David Martinez

The Card Players – Paul Cézanne – $273 Million

Seller: George Embiricos | Buyer: State of Qatar


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gigantes 10 year s ago
#9 i hadn't seen that piece before. very interesting.
       
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eco26 10 year s ago
#14 ?? I cannot understand. I don't get it!
       
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gigantes 10 year s ago
recommend you take a course in art, tomodachi. i think you would like it.
       
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Cancamuso 10 year s ago
14 is not at MoMA?
       
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bob.james.5454021 10 year s ago
eco26, Jack the Dribbler strikes again...I don't get it either.
       
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