The Most Expensive Paintings Ever

 1. PAUL CÉZANNE
"The Card Players", 1892/93
$250 million
Private sale, 2011. Seller: George Embiricos. Buyer: Royal Family of Qatar.

2. JACKSON POLLOCK
"Number 5, 1948", 1948
$140 million
Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Unknown (rumoured to be Mexican businessman David Martinez)

3. WILLEM DE KOONING
"Woman III", 1952-53
$137.5 million
Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Steven Cohen

 4. GUSTAV KLIMT
"Adele Bloch-bauer I", 1907
$135 million
Private sale, 2006. Buyer: Ronald Lauder. 

5. PABLO PICASSO
"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", 1932
$106.5 million
Christie's New York , May 2010. Buyer: anonymous

6. PABLO PICASSO
"Garçon a la pipe", 1904
$104.1 million
Sotheby's New York , May 2004. Buyer: anonymous

 7. ANDY WARHOL
"Eight Elvises", 1963
$100 million
Private sale, 2008. Buyer: anonymous 

 8. PABLO PICASSO
"Dora Maar au chat", 1941
$95.2 million
Sotheby's New York , May 2006. Buyer: anonymous 

9. TITIAN
"Diana and Actaeon", 1556-1559
$91 million
Private sale, February 2009. Buyer: United Kingdom

10. GUSTAV KLIMT
"Adele Bloch-bauer II ", 1912
$87.9 million
Christie's New York , November 2006. Buyer: unknown

Francis Bacon: "Tryptich, 1976", 1976 - $86.3 million (2008)

 

Vincent van Gogh: "Portrait of Doctor Gachet", 1890 - $82.5 million (1990)

Claude Monet: "Le bassin aux nymphéas", 1919 - $80.6 million (2008)

Pierre Auguste Renoir: "Le moulin de la Galette", 1876 - $78.1 million (1990)

Peter Paul Rubens: "Massacre of the innocents", 1610/11- $76.7 million (£49.5 million)

 

• Mark Rothko: "White center (yellow, pink and lavender on rose)", 1950 - $72.8 million (2007)

• Andy Warhol: "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car)", 1963 - $71.7 million (2007)

Vincent van Gogh: "Portrait of the artiste sans barbe", 1889- $71.5 million (1998)

Titian: "Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos", 1533 - $70 million (2004)

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