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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 auction house Christie's in New York City.
No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) is a 1951 painting by the Latvian-American expressionist artist Mark Rothko. It was painted in 1951. In common with Rothko's other works from this period, No. 6 consists of large expanses of colour delineated by uneven, hazy shades. In 2014, it became one of the most expensive paintings sold at auction. [1]
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 ...
Number 17A is an abstract expressionist painting by American painter Jackson Pollock, from 1948. The painting is oil paint on fiberboard and is a drip painting, created by splashing paint onto a horizontal surface. It was painted a year after Jackson Pollock introduced his drip technique.
Sold for: $4.5 million. At least this one was for charity, since Warren Buffet does an annual auction for lunch. Word on the street is that you’re probably going to Smith and Wollensky for ...
In December, it sold the Brewster Collection of paintings, furniture, and decorative items from Nancy and Andre Brewster. In May 2017, Freeman's sold paintings and prints from The Stanley Bard Collection, the late manager of the famed Chelsea Hotel. The auction included a painting by Tom Wesselmann, “Face #1,” which sold for $958,000 .
A painting valued at $15,000 just two years ago is now expected to fetch up to $18 million at auction after being identified as the work of the Dutch master Rembrandt. “The Adoration of the ...
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is an American auction house based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Founded in 1982, sold to Sotheby's in 1997 and reopened in 2003, the company engages in auctions ranging from contemporary paintings and fine jewelry to French furniture and rare books and manuscripts.