10 Most Expensive Paintings in the World
Fancy owning one of the ten most expensive paintings in the world ever sold? You are going to have to save a few pretty pennies!
Spoiler alert: the current record price is approximately $450 million paid for Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in November 2017 which is reportedly missing.
As of March 2019, here is the list of the highest known prices paid for painting in USD:
10. Nu couché, Amedeo Modigliani: $170.4 million

Artist: Amedeo Modiglianni
Year made: 1917/18
Year of sale: 2015
Price sold: $170.4 million
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Buyer: Liu Yiqian
9. Les Femmes d’Alger (“Version O”), Pablo Picasso: $179.4 million

Artist: Pablo Picasso
Year made: 1955
Year of sale: 2015
Price sold: $179.4 million
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Buyer: Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
8. Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, Rembrandt: $180 million

Artist: Rembrandt
Year made: 1634
Year of sale: 2015
Price sold: $180 million
Auction house: Private Sale
Buyer: Rijksmuseum and Louvre
7. No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red), Mark Rothko: $186 million

Artist: Mark Rothko
Year made: 1951
Year of sale: 2014
Price sold: $186 million
Auction house: Private Sale via Yves Bouvier
Buyer: Dmitry Rybolovlev
6. Wasserschlangen II, Gustav Klimt: $183.8 million

Artist: Gustav Klimt
Year made: 1904-07
Year of sale: 2013
Price sold: $183.8 million
Auction house: Private Sale
Buyer: Dmitry Rybolovlev
5. Number 17A, Jackson Pollock: $~$200 million

Artist: Jackson Pollock
Year made: 1948
Year of sale: 2015
Price sold: ~$200 million
Auction house: Private Sale
Buyer: Kenneth C. Griffin
4. Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Mary?), Paul Gauguin: $210 million

Artist: Paul Gauguin
Year made: 1892
Year of sale: 2014
Price sold: $210 million
Auction house: Private Sale
Buyer: State of Qatar
3. The Card Players Paul Cézanne: $250+ million

Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year made: 1892/93
Year of sale: 2011
Price sold: $250+ million
Auction house: Private Sale
Buyer: State of Qatar
2. Interchange William de Kooning: $300 million

Artist: Willem de Kooning
Year made: 1955
Year of sale: 2015
Price sold: ~$300 million
Auction house: Private Sale
Buyer: Kenneth C Griffin
1. Salvator Mundi Leonardo Da Vinci: $450.3 million

Artist: Attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci
Year made: c. 1500
Year of sale: 2017
Price sold: $450m
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Buyer: Abu Dhabi’s department of culture and tourism
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