10. "Tryptich" ($86.3 million)
Painting by : Francis Bacon, 1976
Sold for $86.3 million at Sotheby's New York in May 2008.
Buyer : European private.
Francis Bacon is one of the most sought-after names in the Art market, and this work easily surpassed its impressive $70 million pre-sale estimate.
9. "Adele Bloch-bauer II' ($87.9 million)
Painting by : Gustav Klimt, 1912
Sold for $87.9 million at Christie's New York in November 2006.
Buyer: unknown
Sold only a few months later than Klimt's first version of Adele, this extremely appealing canvas was the star lot in a highly succesful auction in which four works by Klimt -including this- totalled a stunning $192 million.
8. "Diana and Actaeon" ($91 million)
Painting by : Titian, 1556-1559
Sold for $91 million in a private sale, February 2009.
Buyer: United Kingdom
This work have all the splendour and glory of the best of Titian's 'painted poetries'. It was previously at the Duke of Sutherland collection, who offered it to the U.K. It has a "sister picture", "Diana and Callisto"
7. "Dora Maar au chat" ($95.2 million)
Painting by : Pablo Picasso, 1941
Sold for $95.2 million at Sotheby's New York , May 2006.
Buyer: anonymous
Dora Maar (1907-1997) met Picasso in 1930, and their relationship lasted until 1946. A native from Paris, raised in Argentina and therefore fluent in Spanish, Maar was one of Picasso's favourite models. This painting, measuring 130- 97 cm, was recently rediscovered and authenticated by Picasso's daughter, Maya Widmaier Picasso.
6. "Eight Elvises" ($100 million)
Painting by : Andy Warhol, 1963
Sold for $100 million in a private sale, 2008. Buyer: anonymous
This unique work by Warhol, measuring over 12 feet long, had been at the collection of Roman collector Annibale Berlingieri for over 40 years. It surpassed the previous world record for a work by Warhol, the $71.7 million paid at Christie's New York in 2007 for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)"
5. "Garçon a la pipe" (sold for $104.1 million)
Painting by : Pablo Picasso, 1904
Sold for $104.1 million at Sotheby's New York , May 2004.
Buyer: anonymous
The sale of this young smoker was a milestone in the Art auctions world. It broke the record that Vincent van Gogh held since 1990, and it was the first time that the $100 million barrier was broken. Although the name of the buyer was not revealed, some sources says that he could be Guido Barilla, the Italian pasta magnate.
4. "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" ($106.5 million)
Painting by : Pablo Picasso, 1932
Sold for $106.5 million at Christie's New York , May 2010.
Buyer: anonymous
This sensual and colorful masterpiece by Picasso is the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The work, formerly in the collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, had been never exhibited in public since 1961.
3. "Adele Bloch-bauer I" ($135 million)
Painting by : Gustav Klimt, 1907
Sold for $135 million in a private sale, 2006.
Buyer: Ronald Lauder.
The acquisition of this iconic work by cosmetic magnate Ronald Lauder caused a shock in the art world, not only for the spectacular sum paid for it, but also for the way it was sold, far away from the noisy auction houses. The painting was part of a group of five canvases which had been recently returned to the heirs of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. The Nazis confiscated his paintings during the World War II, and after the war, the canvases were placed at the National Gallery of Austria in 1948.
2. "Woman III" ($137.5 million)
Painting by : Willem De Kooning, 1952-53
Sold for $137.5 million in a private sale, 2006.
Seller: David Geffen / Buyer: Steven Cohen
Pollock first. De Kooning second. The inmediate conclusion is that American abstract expressionism has displaced Impressionism as the most sought-after Art period. This painting is the only "Woman" by Willem de Kooning still in private hands. One of this women -described by T. Hess as "black goddesses"- has been chosen by theartwolf.com as one of the 50 masterworks of the history of painting.
1. "Number 5, 1948" ($140 million)
Painting by : Jackson Pollock, 1948
Sold for $140 million in a private sale, 2006.
Seller: David Geffen / Buyer : Unknown (rumoured to be Mexican businessman David Martinez)
Right now, this stunning "drip" by Jackson Pollock is the most expensive painting ever sold, though the exact price was never confirmed (but the price displayed here is generally accepted to be true). The exorbitant sum demonstrates not only the strenght of the Art market, but also the increasing interest for the contemporary works of Art.
Painting by : Francis Bacon, 1976
Sold for $86.3 million at Sotheby's New York in May 2008.
Buyer : European private.
Francis Bacon is one of the most sought-after names in the Art market, and this work easily surpassed its impressive $70 million pre-sale estimate.
9. "Adele Bloch-bauer II' ($87.9 million)
Painting by : Gustav Klimt, 1912
Sold for $87.9 million at Christie's New York in November 2006.
Buyer: unknown
Sold only a few months later than Klimt's first version of Adele, this extremely appealing canvas was the star lot in a highly succesful auction in which four works by Klimt -including this- totalled a stunning $192 million.
8. "Diana and Actaeon" ($91 million)
Painting by : Titian, 1556-1559
Sold for $91 million in a private sale, February 2009.
Buyer: United Kingdom
This work have all the splendour and glory of the best of Titian's 'painted poetries'. It was previously at the Duke of Sutherland collection, who offered it to the U.K. It has a "sister picture", "Diana and Callisto"
7. "Dora Maar au chat" ($95.2 million)
Painting by : Pablo Picasso, 1941
Sold for $95.2 million at Sotheby's New York , May 2006.
Buyer: anonymous
Dora Maar (1907-1997) met Picasso in 1930, and their relationship lasted until 1946. A native from Paris, raised in Argentina and therefore fluent in Spanish, Maar was one of Picasso's favourite models. This painting, measuring 130- 97 cm, was recently rediscovered and authenticated by Picasso's daughter, Maya Widmaier Picasso.
6. "Eight Elvises" ($100 million)
Painting by : Andy Warhol, 1963
Sold for $100 million in a private sale, 2008. Buyer: anonymous
This unique work by Warhol, measuring over 12 feet long, had been at the collection of Roman collector Annibale Berlingieri for over 40 years. It surpassed the previous world record for a work by Warhol, the $71.7 million paid at Christie's New York in 2007 for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)"
5. "Garçon a la pipe" (sold for $104.1 million)
Painting by : Pablo Picasso, 1904
Sold for $104.1 million at Sotheby's New York , May 2004.
Buyer: anonymous
The sale of this young smoker was a milestone in the Art auctions world. It broke the record that Vincent van Gogh held since 1990, and it was the first time that the $100 million barrier was broken. Although the name of the buyer was not revealed, some sources says that he could be Guido Barilla, the Italian pasta magnate.
4. "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" ($106.5 million)
Painting by : Pablo Picasso, 1932
Sold for $106.5 million at Christie's New York , May 2010.
Buyer: anonymous
This sensual and colorful masterpiece by Picasso is the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The work, formerly in the collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, had been never exhibited in public since 1961.
3. "Adele Bloch-bauer I" ($135 million)
Painting by : Gustav Klimt, 1907
Sold for $135 million in a private sale, 2006.
Buyer: Ronald Lauder.
The acquisition of this iconic work by cosmetic magnate Ronald Lauder caused a shock in the art world, not only for the spectacular sum paid for it, but also for the way it was sold, far away from the noisy auction houses. The painting was part of a group of five canvases which had been recently returned to the heirs of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. The Nazis confiscated his paintings during the World War II, and after the war, the canvases were placed at the National Gallery of Austria in 1948.
2. "Woman III" ($137.5 million)
Painting by : Willem De Kooning, 1952-53
Sold for $137.5 million in a private sale, 2006.
Seller: David Geffen / Buyer: Steven Cohen
Pollock first. De Kooning second. The inmediate conclusion is that American abstract expressionism has displaced Impressionism as the most sought-after Art period. This painting is the only "Woman" by Willem de Kooning still in private hands. One of this women -described by T. Hess as "black goddesses"- has been chosen by theartwolf.com as one of the 50 masterworks of the history of painting.
1. "Number 5, 1948" ($140 million)
Painting by : Jackson Pollock, 1948
Sold for $140 million in a private sale, 2006.
Seller: David Geffen / Buyer : Unknown (rumoured to be Mexican businessman David Martinez)
Right now, this stunning "drip" by Jackson Pollock is the most expensive painting ever sold, though the exact price was never confirmed (but the price displayed here is generally accepted to be true). The exorbitant sum demonstrates not only the strenght of the Art market, but also the increasing interest for the contemporary works of Art.
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