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Most Expensive Paintings
The most expensive paintings ever sold at auction.
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Adjusted(millionUSD)↕ | Original(million USD)↕ | Name↕ | Image↕ | Artist↕ | Year↕ | Date of sale↕ | Rankat sale↕ | Seller↕ | Buyer↕ | Auction house↕ |
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| 591.5 | 450.3 | Salvator Mundi | Leonardo da Vinci(attribution disputed) | c. 1500 | November 15, 2017 | 1 | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud | Christie's, New York | |
| ~$407 | ~$300 | Interchange | Willem de Kooning | 1,955 | September 2015 | 1 | David Geffen Foundation | Kenneth C. Griffin | Private sale | |
| $358 + | $250 + | The Card Players | Paul Cézanne | 1892/93 | April 2011 | 1 | George Embiricos | State of Qatar | Private sale | |
| 285 | 210 | Nafea Faa Ipoipo(When Will You Marry?) | Paul Gauguin | 1,892 | September 2014 | 2 | Rudolf Staechelin heirs | State of Qatar | Private sale | |
| ~$272 | ~$200 | Number 17A | Jackson Pollock | 1,948 | September 2015 | 4 | David Geffen Foundation | Kenneth C. Griffin | Private sale | |
| 254 | 183.8 | Wasserschlangen II | Gustav Klimt | 1904–1907 | 2013 | 2 | Yves Bouvier | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Private sale | |
| 253 | $186(€140) | No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) | Mark Rothko | 1,951 | August 2014 | 3 | Cherise Moueix | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Private sale viaYves Bouvier | |
| 244 | $180(€160 million) | Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit | Rembrandt | 1,634 | February 1, 2016 | 7 | Éric de Rothschild | Rijksmuseumand Louvre | Private sale | |
| 243.6 | 179.4 | Les Femmes d'Alger("Version O") | Pablo Picasso | 1,955 | May 11, 2015 | 5 | Private collection | Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani | Christie's, New York | |
| 242.5 | 236.3 | Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer | Gustav Klimt | 1914-1916 | November 18, 2025 | 10 | Estate of Leonard Lauder | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| 235.3 | $198(€175) | The Standard Bearer | Rembrandt | 1,636 | February 2022 | 10 | Rothschild family | Rijksmuseum | Private sale | |
| 231.5 | 170.4 | Nu couché | Amedeo Modigliani | 1917/18 | November 9, 2015 | 9 | Laura Mattioli Rossi | Liu Yiqian | Christie's, New York | |
| 223.6 | 140 | No. 5, 1948 | Jackson Pollock | 1,948 | November 2, 2006 | 1 | David Geffen | David Martinez | Private sale via Sotheby's | |
| 219.6 | 137.5 | Woman III | Willem de Kooning | 1,953 | November 18, 2006 | 2 | David Geffen | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale via Larry Gagosian | |
| 216.7 | 165 | Masterpiece | Roy Lichtenstein | 1,962 | January 2017 | 12 | Agnes Gund | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale | |
| 215.6 | 135 | Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I | Gustav Klimt | 1,907 | June 18, 2006 | 1 | Maria Altmann | Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie | Private sale via Christie's | |
| 214.5 | 195 | Shot Sage Blue Marilyn | Andy Warhol | 1,964 | May 9, 2022 | 11 | Thomas and Doris Ammann | Larry Gagosian | Christie's, New York | |
| 214.2 | 155 | Le Rêve | Pablo Picasso | 1,932 | March 26, 2013 | 6 | Steve Wynn | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale | |
| 203.3 | 82.5 | Portrait of Dr. Gachet | Vincent van Gogh | 1,890 | May 15, 1990 | 1 | Siegfried Kramarsky heirs | Ryoei Saito | Christie's, New York | |
| 201.6 | 157.2 | Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) | Amedeo Modigliani | 1,917 | May 15, 2018 | Ezra and David Nahmad | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 201.2 | 150 | Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II | Gustav Klimt | 1,912 | 2016 | 10 | Oprah Winfrey | Unidentified buyer in China | Private sale via Larry Gagosian | |
| 196.8 | 142.4 | Three Studies of Lucian Freud | Francis Bacon | 1,969 | November 12, 2013 | 8 | Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn | Christie's, New York | ||
| 192.5 | 78.1 | Bal du moulin de la Galette | Pierre-Auguste Renoir | 1,876 | May 17, 1990 | 2 | Betsey Whitney | Ryoei Saito | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 184.9 | $140.8(¥931.5) | Twelve Landscape Screens | Qi Baishi | 1,925 | December 17, 2017 | Beijing Poly Auction | ||||
| 177.6 | 104.2 | Garçon à la pipe | Pablo Picasso | 1,905 | May 5, 2004 | 3 | Greentree Foundation(Whitney family) | Guido Barilla (suspected) | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 177.3 | 149.2 | Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version) | Georges Seurat | 1,888 | November 9, 2022 | 1 | Paul G. Allen | Christie's, New York | ||
| 168.2 | 119.9 | The Scream | Edvard Munch | 1,895 | May 2, 2012 | 8 | Petter Olsen | Leon Black | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 165.9 | 120 | Otahi | Paul Gauguin | 1,893 | 2013 | 10 | Yves Bouvier | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Private sale | |
| 165 | 118 | Reclining Nude With Blue Cushion | Amedeo Modigliani | 1,916 | 2012 | 8 | Steven A. Cohen | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Private sale via Yves Bouvier | |
| 164 | 137.7 | La Montagne Sainte-Victoire | Paul Cezanne | 1888-1890 | November 9, 2022 | 2 | Paul G. Allen | Christie's, New York | ||
| 162.4 | 110 | Flag | Jasper Johns | 1,958 | March 2010 | 7 | Jean-Christophe Castelli | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale, estimated price | |
| 157.2 | 106.5 | Nude, Green Leaves and Bust | Pablo Picasso | 1,932 | May 4, 2010 | 9 | Frances Lasker Brody estate | Leonard Blavatnik (suspected) | Christie's, New York | |
| 155.8 | $58 plus exchange ofworks | Portrait of Joseph Roulin | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | August 1, 1989 | 1 | Private collection, Zürich | Museum of Modern Art New York | Private sale viaThomas Ammann,Fine Art Zurich | |
| 153.9 | 107.5 | L’Homme assis au verre | Pablo Picasso | 1,914 | May 2011 | Yves Bouvier | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Private sale viaYves Bouvier | ||
| 152.7 | 53.9 | Irises | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | November 11, 1987 | 1 | John Whitney Payson, son of Joan Whitney Payson | Alan Bond | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 152.1 | 95.2 | Dora Maar au Chat | Pablo Picasso | 1,941 | May 3, 2006 | 6 | Gidwitz family | Boris Ivanishvili | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 149.5 | 100 | Eight Elvises | Andy Warhol | 1,963 | October 2008 | 10 | Annibale Berlingieri | The State of Qatar (suspected) | Private sale via Philippe Ségalot | |
| 147.4 | 115 | Young Girl with a Flower Basket | Pablo Picasso | 1,905 | May 8, 2018 | David and Peggy Rockefeller | The Nahmad family | Christie's, New York | ||
| 147.2 | 139.3 | Femme à la montre | Pablo Picasso | 1,932 | November 9, 2023 | Emily Fisher Landau's estate | Anonymous buyer | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| $146.1 + | $105.7 +(¥10,300) | Anna's Light | Barnett Newman | 1,968 | October 4, 2013 | DIC Corp. | Private sale | |||
| 145.7 | 105.4 | Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) | Andy Warhol | 1,963 | November 13, 2013 | Sotheby's, New York | ||||
| 145.1 | 110.5 | Untitled | Jean-Michel Basquiat | 1,982 | May 18, 2017 | Emily and Jerry Spiegel | Yusaku Maezawa | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| 141.2 | 71.5 | Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | November 19, 1998 | 5 | Jacques Koerfer heirs | Christie's, New York | ||
| 139.4 | 110.7 | Meules | Claude Monet | 1,890 | May 14, 2019 | Hasso Plattner | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 139.2 | 117.1 | Verger avec cyprès | Vincent van Gogh | 1,888 | November 9, 2022 | 3 | Paul G. Allen | Christie's, New York | ||
| 138 | 100 | La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir | Paul Cézanne | 1,904 | 2013 | Edsel and Eleanor Ford House | State of Qatar | Private sale | ||
| 137.3 | $76.7(£49.5) | Massacre of the Innocents | Peter Paul Rubens | 1,611 | July 10, 2002 | 6 | an Austrian family | Kenneth Thomson | Sotheby's, London | |
| 129.5 | 95.4 | Nurse | Roy Lichtenstein | 1,964 | November 9, 2015 | Christie's, New York | ||||
| 129 | 86.3 | Triptych, 1976 | Francis Bacon | 1,976 | May 14, 2008 | Jean-Pierre Moueix heirs | Roman Abramovich | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| 128.1 | $49.3(F300) | Les Noces de Pierrette | Pablo Picasso | 1,905 | November 30, 1989 | 3 | Fredrik Roos | Tomonori Tsurumaki | Binoche et Godeau Paris | |
| 127.8 | 80 | False Start | Jasper Johns | 1,959 | October 12, 2006 | 11 | David Geffen | Kenneth C. Griffin | Private sale via Richard Gray | |
| 127.1 | $85(€54) | Te Fare | Paul Gauguin | 1,892 | June 2008 | Yves Bouvier | Dmitry Rybolovlev | Private sale | ||
| 127 | 57 | A Wheatfield with Cypresses | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | May 1993 | 6 | Emil Georg Bührle's son | Walter H. Annenberg | Private sale via Steven Mazoh | |
| 125.9 | 100 | Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump | Jean-Michel Basquiat | 1,982 | 2020 | Peter Brant | Ken Griffin | Private sale | ||
| 125.6 | 105.7 | Maternitè II | Paul Gauguin | 1,899 | November 9, 2022 | 4 | Paul G. Allen | Christie's, New York | ||
| 124.3 | 47.8 | Yo, Picasso | Pablo Picasso | 1,901 | May 9, 1989 | 2 | Wendell Cherry | Stavros Niarchos | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 124.2 | 104.5 | Birch Forest | Gustav Klimt | 1,903 | November 9, 2022 | 5 | Paul G. Allen | Christie's, New York | ||
| 124.2 | 80 | Turquoise Marilyn | Andy Warhol | 1,964 | May 20, 2007 | Stefan Edlis | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale via Larry Gagosian | ||
| 124.3 | 121.2 | The Empire of Light | René Magritte | 1,954 | November 19, 2024 | 1 | Mica Ertegun | Christie's, New York | ||
| 122.9 | 103.4 | Femme assise près d’une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) | Pablo Picasso | 1,932 | May 13, 2021 | Christie's, New York | ||||
| 122.5 | 70 | Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos with a Page | Titian | 1,533 | November 2003 | 10 | Axa insurance company | Getty Museum | Private sale viaHervé Aaron | |
| 121.8 | 86.9 | Orange, Red, Yellow | Mark Rothko | 1,961 | May 8, 2012 | David Pincus estate | Christie's, New York | |||
| 120.5 | $80.5(£40.9) | Le Bassin aux Nymphéas | Claude Monet | 1,919 | June 24, 2008 | J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller | Andrey Melnichenko | Christie's, London | ||
| 117.8 | 91.9 | Chop Suey | Edward Hopper | 1,929 | November 13, 2018 | Barney A. Ebsworth estate | Christie's, New York | |||
| 116.9 | 60.5 | Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier | Paul Cézanne | 1,894 | May 10, 1999 | 9 | Whitney Family | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| 115.8 | 90.3 | Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) | David Hockney | 1,972 | November 15, 2018 | Pierre Chen | Christie's, New York | |||
| 114.5 | $108.4 (£85.3) | Lady with a Fan | Gustav Klimt | 1917-8 | June 27, 2023 | Patti Wong, on behalf of a Hong Kong buyer | Sotheby's, London | |||
| 114.5 | 84.2 | Black Fire I | Barnett Newman | 1,961 | May 13, 2014 | Private Collection | Anonymous | Christie's, New York | ||
| 113.1 | 72.8 | White Center (Yellow, Pinkand Lavender on Rose) | Mark Rothko | 1,950 | May 15, 2007 | David Rockefeller, Sr. | Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| 112.4 | $39.7(£24.75) | Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | March 30, 1987 | 1 | Helen Beatty,daughter-in-law ofChester Beatty | Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp./Sompo Holdings | Christie's, London | |
| 111.8 | 88.8 | Buffalo II | Robert Rauschenberg | 1,964 | May 15, 2019 | Robert and Beatrice Mayer Estate | Alice Walton | Christie's, New York | ||
| 111.4 | 81.9 | Triple Elvis | Andy Warhol | 1,963 | November 12, 2014 | WestSpiel | Christie's, New York | |||
| 111.4 | 71.7 | Green Car Crash(Green Burning Car I) | Andy Warhol | 1,963 | May 16, 2007 | Private collection, Zürich | Philip Niarchos | Christie's, New York | ||
| 111.3 | 81.9 | No. 10 | Mark Rothko | 1,958 | May 13, 2015 | Christie's, New York | ||||
| 110.6 | 93.1 | In This Case | Jean-Michel Basquiat | 1,983 | May 11, 2021 | Giancarlo Giammetti | Private collector | Christie's, New York | ||
| 110 | 85.8 | Suprematist Composition | Kazimir Malevich | 1,916 | May 15, 2018 | The Nahmad family | Anonymous | Christie's, New York | ||
| 109.9 | 80.8 | Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards | Francis Bacon | 1,984 | May 13, 2014 | Private Collection | Anonymous | Christie's, New York. | ||
| 109.5 | 92.2 | Portrait of a Young Man holding a Roundel | Sandro Botticelli | c. 1480 | January 21, 2021 | Sheldon Solow estate | Russian private collector | Sotheby's, New York | ||
| 109.3 | 81.4 | Meule | Claude Monet | 1,891 | November 16, 2016 | Christie's, New York | ||||
| 108.6 | 84.7 | Nymphéas en fleur | Claude Monet | 1914–1917 | May 8, 2018 | David and Peggy Rockefeller | Xin Li-Cohen | Christie's, New York | ||
| ~$107 | ~$75(€50–60) | Darmstadt Madonna | Hans Holbein | 1,526 | July 12, 2011 | Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse | Reinhold Würth | Private sale viaChristoph Graf Douglas | ||
| 106.8 | 81.3 | Laboureur dans un champ | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | November 13, 2017 | Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass estate | Christie's, New York | |||
| 106.5 | 84.55 | Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus | Francis Bacon | 1,981 | June 30, 2020 | Hans Rasmus Astrup | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 106 | $70.6(£50) | Diana and Actaeon | Titian | 1556–1559 | February 1, 2009 | Duke of Sutherland | National Galleries of Scotland& National Gallery, London | Private sale | ||
| 105.7 | 40.7 | Au Lapin Agile | Pablo Picasso | 1,904 | November 27, 1989 | 5 | Linda de Roulet, daughter of Joan Whitney Payson | Walter H. Annenberg | Sotheby's, New York | |
| 105.6 | 68 | The Gross Clinic | Thomas Eakins | 1,875 | April 12, 2007 | Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Private sale | ||
| 105.4 | 75.1 | No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) | Mark Rothko | 1,954 | November 13, 2012 | John and Anne Marion | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 104.9 | $38.5(£20.9) | Acrobate et jeune arlequin (Acrobat and Young Harlequin) | Pablo Picasso | 1,905 | November 28, 1988 | 3 | Roger Janssen heirs? | Mitsukoshi | Christie's, London | |
| 103.5 | 80.8 | Odalisque couchée aux magnolias | Henri Matisse | 1,923 | May 8, 2018 | David and Peggy Rockefeller | Xin Li-Cohen | Christie's, New York | ||
| 102.8 | 55 | Femme aux Bras Croisés | Pablo Picasso | 1,902 | November 8, 2000 | Chauncey McCormick heirs | Christie's, New York | |||
| 101.8 | 69 | Nude Sitting on a Divan | Amedeo Modigliani | 1,917 | November 2, 2010 | Halit Cıngıllıoglu | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 101.4 | 63.5 | Police Gazette | Willem de Kooning | 1,955 | October 12, 2006 | David Geffen | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale via Richard Gray. | ||
| 101 | 85 | Untitled | Jean-Michel Basquiat | 1,982 | May 18, 2022 | Yusaku Maezawa | Taiwanese collector | Philips, New York | ||
| 100.6 | $71.7(£45) | Diana and Callisto | Titian | 1556–1559 | March 2, 2012 | Duke of Sutherland | National Galleries of Scotland& National Gallery, London | Private sale | ||
| 97.2 | 74 | The High Sun | Wang Shaofei | 2,007 | May 2017 | Legal entity of a prominent Japanese collector family | Anonymous (private collection represented by an international institution) | Private sale | ||
| 95.8 | 70.5 | Untitled (New York City) | Cy Twombly | 1,968 | November 11, 2015 | Sydney M. Irmas heirs | Christie's, New York | |||
| 95.8 | $77(¥512.9) | Ten Views Of Lingbi Rock | Wu Bin | 1,610 | October 20, 2020 | William Bernard Ziff Jr. heirs | Beijing Poly Auction | |||
| 95.7 | 49.5 | Femme assise dans un jardin | Pablo Picasso | 1,938 | November 10, 1999 | Robert Saidenberg | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 95.4 | $70.2(£42.2) | Portrait of George Dyer Talking | Francis Bacon | 1,966 | February 13, 2014 | Christie's, London | ||||
| 95.3 | 47.5 | Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat | Vincent van Gogh | 1,890 | 1997 | 11 | Steve Wynn | Private sale viaAcquavella Galleries Inc.,New York | ||
| 94.7 | 69.6 | Untitled | Cy Twombly | 1,970 | November 12, 2014 | Nicola del Roscio | Christie's, New York | |||
| 94.7 | 69.6 | Four Marlons | Andy Warhol | 1,966 | November 12, 2014 | WestSpiel | Christie's, New York | |||
| 94.4 | 79.45 | The Empire of Lights | René Magritte | 1,961 | February 3, 2022 | Anne-Marie Crowet Gillon heirs | Sotheby's, London | |||
| 93.7 | $65.5(¥425.5) | Eagle Standing on Pine Tree | Qi Baishi | 1,946 | May 22, 2011 | Liu Yiqian | Hunan TV & BroadcastIntermediary Co | China Guardian Auctions | ||
| 93.5 | 63.4 | Men in Her Life | Andy Warhol | 1,962 | November 8, 2010 | Jose Mugrabi | Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Phillips de Pury & Company | ||
| 92 | 70.1 | Contraste de formes | Fernand Léger | 1,913 | November 13, 2017 | Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation | Christie's, New York | |||
| 91.6 | 67.45 | La Gommeuse | Pablo Picasso | 1,901 | November 5, 2015 | William I. Koch | Sotheby's, New York. | |||
| 91.5 | 67.4 | Buste de femme(Femme à la résille) | Pablo Picasso | 1,938 | May 11, 2015 | Steve Wynn | Joseph Lau | Christie's, New York | ||
| 91.4 | 35.2 | Portrait of a Halberdier | Pontormo | 1,537 | May 31, 1989 | 5 | Chauncey Stillman | Getty Museum | Christie's, New York | |
| 90.1 | 66.3 | L’Allée des Alyscamps | Vincent van Gogh | 1,888 | May 5, 2015 | Sotheby's, New York | ||||
| 90.1 | 66.2 | Untitled | Mark Rothko | 1,952 | May 13, 2014 | Private Collection | Anonymous | Christie's, New York | ||
| 89 | 66.3 | Untitled XXV | Willem de Kooning | 1,977 | November 15, 2016 | Christie's, New York | ||||
| 88.9 | $62.1(¥402.5) | Zhichuan Resettlement | Wang Meng | 1,350 | June 4, 2011 | Beijing Poly Auction | ||||
| 88.7 | 69.2 | Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) | Pablo Picasso | 1,937 | February 28, 2018 | Private collection | Harry Smith | Sotheby's, London | ||
| 88.6 | 65.1 | Spring | Édouard Manet | 1,881 | November 5, 2014 | Oliver Hazard Payne heirs | Getty Museum | Christie's, New York | ||
| 88.3 | 68.9 | Woman as Landscape | Willem de Kooning | 1,955 | November 13, 2018 | Barney A. Ebsworth estate | Christie's, New York | |||
| 88.3 | 61.7 | 1949-A-No. 1 | Clyfford Still | 1,949 | November 9, 2011 | City and County of Denver | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 86 | 86 | Blossoming Meadow | Gustav Klimt | c. 1908 | November 18, 2025 | Estate of Leonard Lauder | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 87.2 | 82.5 | No. 7 | Mark Rothko | 1,951 | February 19, 2023 | Private Collection | Laurence Escalante | Private sale | ||
| 84.8 | 71.4 | Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès | Vincent van Gogh | 1,889 | November 11, 2021 | Edwin L. Cox | Christie's, New York | |||
| 83.6 | 70.35 | Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas (1917-19) | Claude Monet | 1917-1919 | May 12, 2021 | Private Collection, New York, United States | Sotheby's, New York | |||
| 83.6 | $65.23 (HK$510.371) | Juin-Octobre 1985 | Zao Wou-Ki | 1,985 | September 30, 2018 | Chang Qiu Dun | Sotheby's, Hong Kong | |||
| 84.8 | 13.5 | Conan (Man Ape) | Frank Frazetta | 1,967 | October 1, 2025 | Anonymous | Heritage Auctions |
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