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List of most expensive paintings. Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi (c. 1500). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1][2] through ...
The highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. Its 2010 private sale price was estimated to be about US$110 million ($154 million in 2023 dollars). All-time This is a list of highest prices ever paid—at auction or private sale—for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale. Adjusted price (in millions of USD) Original price (in ...
A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. The higher final ...
Gustav Klimt’s romantic portrait “Dame mit Fächer” (Lady with a Fan) established a new record for the artist and became the most expensive artwork to ever sell in a European auction.
The piece sold for US$106.5M, making the sale among the most expensive paintings ever sold. [69] On 14 June 2010 Amedeo Modigliani's Tête, a limestone sculpture of a woman's head, sold for $52.6M, making it one of the most expensive sculpture ever sold, and at the time the most expensive work of art sold in France. [70]
The film chronicles the dramatic increases in the painting's value from its original purchase in 2005 for $1,175 to its auction in 2017 for $450 million, when it became the most expensive artwork ever sold. The use of high-end artwork for hiding wealth, as well as the conflicts created by large commissions and other economic incentives, are ...
Dated to circa 1500, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” which depicts Jesus Christ, took the art world by storm in 2017 when it sold for a stupefying $450.3 million.
The artwork, which depicts a skull, is among the most expensive paintings ever. In May 2017, it sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's, the highest price ever paid at auction for artwork by an American artist in a public sale. That record was surpassed by Shot Marilyns by Andy Warhol, which sold for $195 million in May 2022. [1]