Highest Price Painting In World

The majestic canvas was one of eight works hand selected by rothko for his.

Highest price painting in world. When a nyc graffiti artists 1982 oil stick and spray painting of a skull sold at sothebys it marked the highest price ever paid for an artwork created after 1980. In todays money that would be somewhere around 700 million usd easily making it the most expensive painting. Following saitos death in 1996 the whereabouts of this painting remain unknown. Top 20 most expensive paintings in the world.

Putting a price on a masterpiece of this caliber is nearly impossible. The 20 most expensive paintings in the world. The scream edvard munch 1199. Reclining nude with blue cushion amedeo modigliani 118 million.

Gachet most expensive painting. No 1 royal red and blue by mark rothko 2012. List of highest prices paid. In twentieth place we have untitled by nyc graffiti artist jean michel basquiat.

Amedeo modigliani nu couche 191718 in its debut appearance at auction in 2015 amedeo modiglianis nu couche reclining nude achieved the second highest auction price for a painting at the time. The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised. This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation adjusted value in bold in millions of united states dollars in 2019. The current record price is 911 million for jeff koonss 1986 sculpture rabbit in may 2019the most expensive painting by a living artist sold at auction is david hockneys 1972 portrait of an artist pool with two figures at 903 million in 2018.

1346 million original price. Bidding began at 75 million which already surpassed modiglianis previous auction record of 707 million. This was the highest price ever paid for a painting at a public auction as opposed to a private sale. This is a progressive list of record auction prices for an artwork by a living artist.

However in 1962 the mona lisa was insured for 100 million usd the highest at the time. Portrait of adele bloch bauer i. Overall the highest known price paid for an artwork. Where necessary the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the painting was sold.

This painting was painted by vincent van gogh in 1890. Untitled jean michel basquiat 1105 million.