The most expensive paintings in the world התמונות היקרות ביותר בעולם

$39.7 Million Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, painted in 1888 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold to Yasuo Goto for $39.7M (£24.75M) on March 30, 1987.Seller Helen Beatty, daughter-in-law of Chester Beatty Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers

$47.5 Million Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat, painted in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold to Steve Wynn for $47.5M in 1997 Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat

$49.3 Million Les Noces de Pierrette Les Noces de Pierrette, painted in 1905 by Pablo Picasso, was sold to Tomonori Tsurumaki for $49.3M on November 30, 1989

$53.9 Million Irises Irises, painted in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold to Alan Bond for $53.9M on November 11, 1987

$55.0 Million Femme aux Bras Croisés, painted in 1902 by Pablo Picasso, was sold for $55.0M on November 8, 2000. Seller McCormick family, Chicago Femme aux Bras Croisés

$57 Million A Wheatfield with Cypresses A Wheatfield with Cypresses, painted in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold to Walter H. Annenberg for $57M on May 1993. Buyer Walter H. Annenberg

$60.5 Million Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier, painted in 1894 by Paul Cézanne, was sold for $60.5M on May 10, 1999. Buyer Seller Whitney Family

$63.4 Million Men in Her Life, painted in 1962 by Andy Warhol, was sold to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani for $63.4M on November 8, 2010 It is a black and white painting inspired by the life of Elizabeth Taylor, a seven foot tall creation of the artist. Men in Her Life

$63.5 Million Police Gazette Police Gazette, painted in 1955 by Willem de Kooning, was sold to Steven A. Cohen for $63.5M on October 12, 2006

$66.3 Million L’Allée des Alyscamps, painted in 1888 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold for $66.3M on May 5, 2015. is a pair of paintings by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in 1888 in Arles, France, it depicts autumnal scenes in the Alyscamps, an ancient Roman necropolis in Arles which is lined with poplars and stone sarcophagi. L’Allée des Alyscamps

$67.45 Million La Gommeuse, painted in 1901 by Pablo Picasso, was sold for $67.45M on November 5, 2015. Seller William I. Koch. Is a 1901 oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It dates from his so-called Blue period and is noted for its caricature of Picasso's friend Pere Mañach painted on the reverse. It was offered for sale ex the William I. Koch collection at a Sotheby's, New York, auction on 5 November 2015. La Gommeuse

$68 Million The Gross Clinic, painted in 1875 by Thomas Eakins, was sold to Philadelphia Museum of Art for $68M on April 12, 2007. Seller Thomas Jefferson University It is oil on canvas and measures 8 feet by 6.5 feet . Dr. Samuel D. Gross, a seventy-year-old professor dressed in a black frock coat, lectures a group of Jefferson Medical College students. The Gross Clinic

$69.0 Million Nude Sitting on a Divan, painted in 1917 by Amedeo Modigliani, was sold for $69.0M on November 2, 2010. Seller Halit Cıngıllıoglu The work was one of a series of nudes painted by Modigliani in 1917 that created a sensation when exhibited in Paris that year. Nude Sitting on a Divan

$70.6 Million Diana and Actaeon, painted in 1556–1559 by Titian, was sold to the National Galleries of Scotland& National Gallery, London for $70.6M on February 1, 2009. Seller Duke of Sutherland Considered amongst Titian's greatest works. It portrays the moment in which the goddess Diana meets Actaeon. Diana and Actaeon

$71.5 Million Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe, painted in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold for $71.5M on November 19, 1998. Seller Heirs of Jacques Koerfer. Van Gogh's dozens of self-portraits were an important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Most probably, Van Gogh's self-portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face. Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe

$71.7 Million Green Car Crash Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), painted in 1963 by Andy Warhol, was sold to Philip Niarchos for $71.7M on May 16, 2007. Seller Private collection, Zürich. Green Car Crash is a painting by the American artist Andy Warhol.

$72.8 Million White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose), painted in 1950 by Mark Rothko, was sold to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani for $72.8M on May 15, 2007 Seller David Rockefeller White Center

$75 Million Darmstadt Madonna, painted in 1526 by Hans Holbein, was sold to Reinhold Würth for ~$75M (€50-60M) on July 12, 2011. Seller Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse. The work shows the Bürgermeister of Basel Jakob Meyer zum Hasen, his first wife , his current wife, and his daughter grouped around the Madonna and infant Jesus. The meaning of the two other male figures on the left side is, like the overall iconography of the image, not entirely clear. The image testified to the resolutely Catholic faith of the Bürgermeister, who actively opposed the Reformation. Darmstadt Madonna

$75.1 Million No 1 (Royal Red and Blue), painted in 1954 by Mark Rothko, was sold for $75.1M on November 13, 2012. Seller John and Anne Marion Color Field painting by the Abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. No 1 (Royal Red and Blue)

Bal du moulin de la Galette $78.1 Million Bal du moulin de la Galette Bal du moulin de la Galette, painted in 1876 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, was sold to Ryoei Saito for $78.1M on May 17, 1990. Seller Betsey Whitney. It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism's most celebrated masterpieces. The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris. In the late 19th century, working class Parisians would dress up and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into the evening.

$80.5 Million Le Bassin aux Nymphéas Le Bassin aux Nymphéas, painted in 1919 by Claude Monet, was sold for $80.5M (£40.9M) on June 24, 2008. Seller J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller.

$81.9 Million Triple Elvis Triple Elvis, painted in 1963 by Andy Warhol, was sold for $81.9M on November 12, 2014. Seller WestSpiel. is a 1963 painting by the American artist Andy Warhol

$82.5 Million Portrait of Dr. Gachet, painted in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh, was sold to Ryoei Saito for $82.5M on May 15, 1990. Seller Siegfried Kramarsky family. Is one of the most revered paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It depicts Dr. Paul Gachet who took care of Van Gogh during the final months of his life. There are two authenticated versions of the portrait, both painted in June 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise. Both show Gachet sitting at a table and leaning his head on his right arm but they are easily differentiated in color and style. Portrait of Dr. Gachet

$86.9 Million Orange, Red, Yellow, painted in 1961 by Mark Rothko, was sold for $86.9M on May 8, 2012. Seller Estate of David Pincus. The seller was the estate of David Pincus and the sale price represents a record nominal price for Post-War contemporary art at public auction and for Rothko works in general. Orange, Red

$87.9 Million Adele Bloch-Bauer II, painted in 1912 by Gustav Klimt, was sold for $87.9M on November 2, 2006. Seller Maria Altmann Adele Bloch-Bauer II

$95.2 Million Dora Maar au Chat, painted in 1941 by Pablo Picasso, was sold to Boris Ivanishvili for $95.2M on May 3, 2006. Seller Gidwitz family. It depicts Dora Maar, the painter's lover, seated on a chair with a small cat perched on her shoulders. This work is one of the world's most expensive paintings. Dora Maar au Chat

$104.2 Million Garçon à la pipe, painted in 1905 by Pablo Picasso, was sold for $104.2M on May 4, 2004, possibly to Barilla Group. Seller Greentree foundation (Whitney family). It was painted in 1905 when Picasso was 24 years old, during his Rose Period, soon after he settled in the Montmartre section of Paris, France. The oil on canvas painting depicts a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand and wearing a garland or wreath of flowers. Garçon à la pipe

$106.5 Million Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, painted in 1932 by Pablo Picasso, was sold for $106.5M on May 4, 2010. Seller Frances Lasker Brody estate. Pablo Picasso, featuring his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

$110.0 Millon Flag Flag, painted in 1954 by Jasper Johns, was sold to Steven A. Cohen for $110.0M on March 2010. Seller Jean-Christophe Castelli. Flag is an encaustic painting by the American artist Jasper Johns. Created when Johns was 24 , two years after he was discharged from the US Army, this painting was the first of many works that Johns has said were inspired by a dream of the U.S. flag in 1954. It is arguably the painting for which Johns is best known.

$119.9 Million The Scream, painted in 1895 by Edvard Munch, was sold to Leon Black for $119.9M on May 2, 2012. Seller Petter Olsen. The Scream is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. Der Schrei der Natur is the title Munch gave to these works, all of which show a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. Arthur Lubow has described The Scream as "an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time." The Scream

$135 Million Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer Maria Altmann Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, painted in 1907 by Gustav Klimt, was sold to Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie for $135M on June 18, 2006. Seller Maria Altmann. The first of two portraits Klimt painted of Bloch-Bauer, it has been referred to as the final and most fully representative work of his golden phase.

Maria Altmann (February 18, 1916 – February 7, 2011) was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Nazi Austria, noted for her ultimately successful legal campaign to reclaim from the Government of Austria five family-owned paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Altmann is the central figure in the 2015 film Woman in Gold where she is depicted by Helen Mirren and Tatiana Maslany. A share of the money earned through the sale of the pictures was used to found the Maria Altmann Family Foundation, which supports the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and other public and philanthropic institutions.

$137.5 Million Woman III, painted in 1953 by Willem de Kooning, was sold to Steven A. Cohen for $137.5M on November 18, 2006. Seller David Geffen. Is a painting by abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. Woman III is one of a series of six paintings by de Kooning done between 1951 and 1953 in which the central theme was a woman. It measures 68 by 48 1⁄2 inches and was completed in 1953. Woman III

$140 Million No. 5, 1948, painted in 1948 by Jackson Pollock, was sold to David Martinez for $140M on November 2, 2006. Seller David Geffen. No. 5, 1948 is a painting by Jackson Pollock, an American painter known for his contributions to the abstract expressionist movement. No. 5

$142.4 million Three Studies of Lucian Freud, painted in 1969 by Francis Bacon, was sold to Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn for $142.4M on November 12, 2013. Three Studies of Lucian Freud is a 1969 oil-on-canvas triptych by the Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon, depicting artist Lucian Freud. It was sold in November 2013 for $142.4 million, which at the time was the highest price attained at auction for a work of art when not factoring in inflation. That record was surpassed in May 2015 by Version O of Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger series.

$155 Million Le Rêve, painted in 1932 by Pablo Picasso, was sold to Steven A. Cohen for $155M on March 26, 2013. Seller Steve Wynn. Le Rêve is a 1932 oil painting by Pablo Picasso, then 50 years old, portraying his 22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January 1932. It belongs to Picasso's period of distorted depictions, with its oversimplified outlines and contrasted colors resembling early Fauvism. Le Rêve

$170.4 Million Nu Couché Nu Couché, painted in 1917/18 by Amedeo Modigliani, was sold to Liu Yiqian for $170.4M on November 9, 2015. Seller Laura Mattioli Rossi. Nu couché is a 1917 oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. It is one of his most widely reproduced and exhibited paintings.

$179.4 Million Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O"), painted in 1955 by Pablo Picasso, was sold to Private collection for $179.4M on May 11, 2015. Les Femmes d'Alger is a series of 15 paintings and numerous drawings by the Spanish cubist artist Pablo Picasso. The series was inspired by Eugène Delacroix's 1834 painting The Women of Algiers in their Apartment . The series is one of several painted by Picasso in tribute to artists that he admired.

$180 Million Pendant Rembrandt, is the 3rd most expensive painting in the world. The pair was sPendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, painted in 1634 by old to the Rijksmuseum Louvre for $180M (€160M) on September 2015. Seller Éric de Rothschild. The Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit are a pair of full-length wedding portraits by Rembrandt. Formerly owned by the Rothschild family, they became jointly owned by the Louvre Museum and the Rijksmuseum in 2015 after both museums managed to contribute half of the purchase price of €160 million, a record for works by Rembrandt.

$259 Million The Card Players, painted in 1892/93 by Paul Cézanne, is the 2nd most expensive painting in the world. It was sold to State of Qatar for over $259M on April 2011. Seller George Embiricos. The Card Players

$300 million Nafea Faa Ipoipo Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?), painted in 1892 by Paul Gauguin is the world's most expensive painting. It was sold for ~$300M on February 2015, possibly to the State of Qatar. Seller Rudolf Staechelin family. When Will You Marry? is an oil painting from 1892 by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. On loan to the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland for nearly a half-century, it was sold privately by the family of Rudolf Staechelin to Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani, in February 2015 for close to US $300 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of art. The painting was on exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, until 28 June 2015. Nafea Faa Ipoipo

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