List of most expensive paintings

Table columns:
Adjusted price (in millions)
Original price (in millions)
Painting
Image
Artist
Year
Date of sale
Rank at sale
Seller
Buyer
Auction house

Table rows:
cells: $450.3
$450.3
Salvator Mundi
Leonardo da Vinci !attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1500
000000002017-11-15-0000November 15, 2017
1
Dmitry Rybolovlev
Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism[9]
Christie's, New York[10]
cells: ~$304
~$300
Interchange
de Kooning, Willem !Willem de Kooning
1955
000000002015-09-01-0000September 2015
1
David Geffen Foundation
Kenneth C. Griffin
Private sale[11]
cells: $270 +
$250 + [note 2]
The Card Players
Cezanne, Paul !Paul Cézanne
1892/93
000000002011-04-01-0000April 2011
1
George Embiricos
State of Qatar
Private sale[12][13][14]
cells: $213
$210 [15]
Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)
Gaugin, Paul !Paul Gauguin
1892
000000002014-09-01-0000September 2014
2
Heirs of Rudolf Staechelin
State of Qatar
Private sale[16]
cells: ~$203
~$200
Number 17A
Pollock, Jackson !Jackson Pollock
1948
000000002015-09-01-0000September 2015
4
David Geffen Foundation
Kenneth C. Griffin
Private sale[11]
cells: $190
$186 (€140)
No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)
Rothko, Mark !Mark Rothko
1951
000000002014-08-01-0000August 2014
2
Cherise Moueix
Dmitry Rybolovlev
Private sale via Yves Bouvier[17]
cells: $182
$180 (€160M for pair)
Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit
Rembrandt !Rembrandt
1634
000000002015-09-01-0000September 2015
4
Éric de Rothschild
Rijksmuseum and Louvre
Private sale [18]
cells: $181.7
$179.4
Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O")
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1955
000000002015-05-11-0000May 11, 2015
4
Private collection
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani[19]
Christie's, New York[20]
cells: $172.6
$170.4
Nu Couché
Modigliani, Amedeo !Amedeo Modigliani
1917/18
000000002015-11-09-0000November 9, 2015
6
Laura Mattioli Rossi
Liu Yiqian[21]
Christie's, New York[22]
cells: $165.0
$165.0
Masterpiece
Lichtenstein, Roy !Roy Lichtenstein
1962
000000002017-01-01-0000January 2017
10
Agnes Gund[23][24]
Steven A. Cohen[25]
Private sale
cells: $164.5
$140
No. 5, 1948
Pollock, Jackson !Jackson Pollock
1948
000000002006-11-02-0000November 2, 2006
1
David Geffen
David Martinez
Private sale via Sotheby's[26]
cells: $161.6
$137.5
Woman III
de Kooning, Willem !Willem de Kooning
1953
000000002006-11-18-0000November 18, 2006
2
David Geffen
Steven A. Cohen
Private sale via Larry Gagosian[27]
cells: $161.5
$155
Le Rêve
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1932
000000002013-03-26-0000March 26, 2013
5
Steve Wynn
Steven A. Cohen
Private sale[28]
cells: $158.7
$135
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Klimt, Gustav !Gustav Klimt
1907
000000002006-06-18-0000June 18, 2006
1
Maria Altmann
Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie
Private sale via Christie's[29]
cells: $172.6
$170.4
Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)
Modigliani, Amedeo !Amedeo Modigliani
1917
000000002018-05-15-0000May 15, 2018
Sotheby's, New York[30]
cells: $150.0
$150
Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Klimt, Gustav !Gustav Klimt
1912
000000002016-01-01-00002016
14
Oprah Winfrey
Unidentified buyer in China
Private sale via Larry Gagosian[31]
cells: $148.4
$142.4
Three Studies of Lucian Freud
Bacon, Francis !Francis Bacon
1969
000000002013-11-12-0000November 12, 2013
7
[note 3]
Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn[34]
Christie's, New York[35]
cells: $137.7
$82.5
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1890
000000001990-05-15-0000May 15, 1990
1
Heirs of Siegfried Kramarsky
Ryoei Saito[note 4]
Christie's, New York
cells: $130.3
$78.1
Bal du moulin de la Galette [note 5]
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste !Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1876
000000001990-05-17-0000May 17, 1990
2
Betsey Whitney
Ryoei Saito [note 6]
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $130.2
$104.2
Garçon à la pipe
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1905
000000002004-05-05-0000May 5, 2004
3
Greentree Foundation (Whitney family)
Guido Barilla (suspected)[38]
Sotheby's, New York[39]
cells: $127.0
$119.9
The Scream [note 7]
Munch, Edvard !Edvard Munch
1895
000000002012-05-02-0000May 2, 2012
8
Petter Olsen
Leon Black[40]
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $125
$118
Reclining Nude With Blue Cushion
Modigliani, Amedeo !Amedeo Modigliani
1917
000000002012-01-01-00002012
8
Steven A. Cohen
Dmitry Rybolovlev
Private sale via Yves Bouvier[17]
cells: $121.1
$110.0
Flag [note 8]
Johns, Jasper !Jasper Johns
1954
000000002010-03-01-0000March 2010
7
Jean-Christophe Castelli
Steven A. Cohen
Private sale, estimated price[41]
cells: $117.2
$106.5
Nude, Green Leaves and Bust
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1932
000000002010-05-04-0000May 4, 2010
8
Frances Lasker Brody estate
Leonard Blavatnik (suspected)[42][43]
Christie's, New York[44]
cells: $115.0
$115
Young Girl with a Flower Basket
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1905
000000002018-05-08-0000May 8, 2018
David and Peggy Rockefeller
Unidentified buyer
Christie's, New York[45]
cells: $112.3
$100.0
Eight Elvises
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1963
000000002008-10-01-0000October 2008
10
Annibale Berlingieri
The State of Qatar (suspected)[46][47]
Private sale via Philippe Ségalot[48]
cells: $111.9
$95.2
Dora Maar au Chat
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1941
000000002006-05-03-0000May 3, 2006
5
Gidwitz family
Boris Ivanishvili[49]
Sotheby's, New York[50]
cells: $110.5
$110.5
Untitled
Basquiat !Jean-Michel Basquiat
1982
000000002017-05-18-0000May 18, 2017
28
Yusaku Maezawa
Sotheby’s, New York[51]
cells: $110.2 +
$105.7 + [note 9] (¥10,300)
Anna's Light
Newman, Barnett !Barnett Newman
1968
000000002013-10-04-0000October 4, 2013
18
DIC Corp.
Private sale[52][53][54]
cells: $109.9
$105.4
Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1963
000000002013-11-13-0000November 13, 2013
20
Sotheby's, New York[55]
cells: $104
$100
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir
Cezanne, Paul !Paul Cézanne
1904
000000002013-01-01-00002013 [note 10]
20
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
State of Qatar [56]
Private sale[57][58]
cells: $103.8
$58 plus exchange of works [note 11]
Portrait of Joseph Roulin
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1889
000000001989-08-01-0000August 1, 1989
1
Private collection, Zürich
Museum of Modern Art New York
Private sale via Thomas Ammann, Fine Art Zurich[59]
cells: $101.0
$71.5
Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1889
000000001998-11-19-0000November 19, 1998
5
Heirs of Jacques Koerfer (de)
Christie's, New York
cells: $100.5
$76.7 (£49.5)
Massacre of the Innocents
Rubens, Peter Paul !Peter Paul Rubens
1611
000000002002-07-10-0000July 10, 2002
6
an Austrian family
Kenneth Thomson[note 12]
Sotheby's, London
cells: $100.3
$53.9
Irises
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1889
000000001987-11-11-0000November 11, 1987
1
son of Joan Whitney Payson
Alan Bond [note 13]
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $96.9
$86.3
Triptych, 1976
Bacon, Francis !Francis Bacon
1976
000000002008-05-14-0000May 14, 2008
13
Moueix family [61]
Roman Abramovich[62]
Sotheby's, New York[63]
cells: $96.6
$95.4
Nurse
Lichtenstein, Roy !Roy Lichtenstein
1964
000000002015-11-09-0000November 9, 2015
30
Christie's, New York[22]
cells: $94.0
$80.0
False Start
Johns, Jasper !Jasper Johns
1959
000000002006-10-12-0000October 12, 2006
11
David Geffen
Kenneth C. Griffin
Private sale via Richard Gray[64]
cells: $92.0
$86.9
Orange, Red, Yellow
Rothko, Mark !Mark Rothko
1961
000000002012-05-08-0000May 8, 2012
26
Estate of David Pincus
Christie's, New York[65]
cells: $91.6
$80.0
Turquoise Marilyn
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1964
000000002007-05-20-0000May 20, 2007
17
Stefan Edlis
Steven A. Cohen
Private sale via Larry Gagosian[66]
cells: $90.4
$80.5 (£40.9)
Le Bassin aux Nymphéas
Monet, Claude !Claude Monet
1919
000000002008-06-24-0000June 24, 2008
20
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller
Christie's, London[67]
cells: $89.9
$70.0
Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page
Titian
1533
000000002003-11-01-0000November 2003
10
AXA insurance company
Getty Museum
Private sale via Hervé Aaron[68][69]
cells: $87.9
$57
A Wheatfield with Cypresses
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1889
000000001993-05-01-0000May 1993
6
son of Emil Georg Bührle
Walter H. Annenberg [note 14]
Private sale via Steven Mazoh
cells: $86.2
$84.2
Black Fire I
Newman, Barnett !Barnett Newman
1961
000000002014-05-13-0000May 13, 2014
35
Private Collection
Anonymous
Christie's, New York[70]
cells: $85.8
$85.8
Suprematist Composition
Malevich, Kazimir !Kazimir Malevich
1916
000000002018-05-15-0000May 15, 2018
Anonymous[note 15]
Christie's, New York[72]
cells: $85.3
$49.3 (F300)
Les Noces de Pierrette
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1905
000000001989-11-30-0000November 30, 1989
3
Fredrik Roos (sv)[73]
Tomonori Tsurumaki
Binoche et Godeau Paris
cells: $84.7
$84.7
Nymphéas en fleur
Monet, Claude !Claude Monet
1914-1917
000000002018-05-08-0000May 8, 2018
David and Peggy Rockefeller
Unidentified buyer
Christie's, New York[74]
cells: $84.2
$60.5
Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier
Cezanne, Paul !Paul Cézanne
1894
000000001999-05-10-0000May 10, 1999
9
Whitney Family [note 16]
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $83.9
$81.9
Triple Elvis
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1963
000000002014-11-12-0000November 12, 2014
40
WestSpiel (de) [76]
Christie's, New York[77]
cells: $83.4
$72.8
White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)
Rothko, Mark !Mark Rothko
1950
000000002007-05-15-0000May 15, 2007
19
David Rockefeller, Sr.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani [78]
Sotheby's, New York[79]
cells: $83.0
$81.9
No. 10
Rothko, Mark !Mark Rothko
1958
000000002015-05-13-0000May 13, 2015
43
Christie's, New York[80][81]
cells: $82.8
$47.8
Yo, Picasso
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1901
000000001989-05-09-0000May 9, 1989
2
Wendell Cherry
Stavros Niarchos
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $82.7
$80.8
Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards
Bacon, Francis !Francis Bacon
1984
000000002014-05-13-0000May 13, 2014
39
Private Collection
Anonymous
Christie's, New York.[70]
cells: $82.1
$71.7
Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1963
000000002007-05-16-0000May 16, 2007
21
Private collection, Zürich
Philip Niarchos
Christie's, New York[82]
cells: $81.4
$81.4
Meule
Monet Claude !Claude Monet
1891
000000002016-11-16-0000November 16, 2016
49
Christie's, New York[83]
cells: $81.3
$81.3
Laboureur dans un champ
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1889
000000002017-11-13-0000November 13, 2017
52
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass estate
Christie's, New York[84]
cells: ~$81
~$75 (€50-60) [note 17]
Darmstadt Madonna
Holbein, Hans !Hans Holbein
1526
000000002011-07-12-0000July 12, 2011
29
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
Reinhold Würth
Private sale via Christoph Graf Douglas[85]
cells: $80.8
$80.8
Odalisque couchée aux magnolias
Matisse, Henri !Henri Matisse
1923
000000002018-05-08-0000May 8, 2018
David and Peggy Rockefeller
Unidentified buyer
Christie's, New York[86]
cells: $79.5
$75.1
No 1 (Royal Red and Blue)
Rothko, Mark !Mark Rothko
1954
000000002012-11-13-0000November 13, 2012
36
John and Anne Marion
Sotheby's, New York[87]
cells: $78.7
$70.6 (£50)
Diana and Actaeon
Titian
1556–1559
000000002009-02-01-0000February 1, 2009
26
Duke of Sutherland
National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London
Private sale[88][89][90]
cells: $77.8
$68
The Gross Clinic
Eakins, Thomas !Thomas Eakins
1875
000000002007-04-12-0000April 12, 2007
21
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Private sale[91]
cells: $75.9
$69.0
Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine")
Modigliani, Amedeo !Amedeo Modigliani
1917
000000002010-11-02-0000November 2, 2010
33
Halit Cıngıllıoglu[92]
Sotheby's, New York[93]
cells: $75.9
$71.7 (£45)
Diana and Callisto
Titian
1556–1559
000000002012-03-02-0000March 2, 2012
38
Duke of Sutherland
National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London
Private sale [94]
cells: $74.8
$55.0
Femme aux Bras Croisés
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1902
000000002000-11-08-0000November 8, 2000
13
McCormick family, Chicago
Christie's, New York[95]
cells: $74.6
$63.5
Police Gazette[96]
de Kooning, Willem !Willem de Kooning
1955
000000002006-10-12-0000October 12, 2006
20
David Geffen
Steven A. Cohen
Private sale via Richard Gray.[64]
cells: $73.8
$39.7 (£24.75)
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1888
000000001987-03-30-0000March 30, 1987
1
Helen Beatty, daughter-in-law of Chester Beatty
Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp.
Christie's, London
cells: $71.7
$69.6
Portrait of George Dyer Talking
Bacon, Francis !Francis Bacon
1966
000000002014-02-13-0000February 13, 2014
Christie's, New York[97][98]
cells: $71.4
$70.5
Untitled (New York City)
Twombly, Cy !Cy Twombly
1968
000000002015-11-11-0000November 11, 2015
61
Family of Sydney M. Irmas
Christie's, New York[99]
cells: $71.3
$69.6
Untitled
Twombly, Cy !Cy Twombly
1970
000000002014-11-12-0000November 12, 2014
55
Nicola del Roscio [76]
Christie's, New York[100]
cells: $71.3
$69.6
Four Marlons
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1966
000000002014-11-12-0000November 12, 2014
55
WestSpiel [76]
Christie's, New York[101]
cells: $70.6
$65.5 (¥425.5)
Eagle Standing on Pine Tree[102]
Qi Baishi
1946
000000002011-05-22-0000May 22, 2011
38
Liu Yiqian
Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co[103]
China Guardian Auctions
cells: $70.4
$40.7
Au Lapin Agile
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1904
000000001989-11-27-0000November 27, 1989
5
daughter of Joan Whitney Payson
Walter H. Annenberg
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $70.1
$70.1
Contraste de formes
Léger, Fernand !Fernand Léger
1913
000000002017-11-13-0000November 13, 2017
68
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation
Christie's, New York[104]
cells: $69.7
$63.4
Men in Her Life
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1962
000000002010-11-08-0000November 8, 2010
37
Jose Mugrabi
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani [105]
Phillips de Pury & Company[106]
cells: $69.3
$38.5 (£20.9)
Acrobate et jeune arlequin [note 18]
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1905
000000001988-11-28-0000November 28, 1988
3
Heir of Roger Janssen (suspected) [note 19]
Mitsukoshi
Christie's, London
cells: $68.9
$49.5
Femme assise dans un jardin
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1938
000000001999-11-10-0000November 10, 1999
13
Robert Saidenberg [note 20] [108]
Sotheby's, New York
cells: $68.3
$67.45
La Gommeuse
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1901
000000002015-11-05-0000November 5, 2015
63
William I. Koch
Sotheby's, New York.[109][110]
cells: $68.2
$67.4
Buste de femme (Femme à la résille)
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1938
000000002015-05-11-0000May 11, 2015
59
Steve Wynn
Joseph Lau[111]
Christie's, New York[20]
cells: $67.8
$47.5
Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1890
000000001997-01-01-00001997
12
Steve Wynn[note 21]
Private sale via Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York[113]
cells: $67.8
$66.2
Untitled
Rothko, Mark !Mark Rothko
1952
000000002014-05-13-0000May 13, 2014
54
Private Collection
Anonymous
Christie's, New York[70]
cells: $67.2
$66.3
L’Allée des Alyscamps
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1888
000000002015-05-05-0000May 5, 2015
60
Sotheby's, New York[114]
cells: $67.0
$62.1 (¥402.5)
Zhichuan Resettlement[115]
Wang Meng
1350
000000002011-06-04-0000June 4, 2011
42
Beijing Poly Auction
cells: $66.7
$65.1
Spring (Le Printemps)
Manet, Edouard !Édouard Manet
1881
000000002014-11-05-0000November 5, 2014
57
Getty Museum
Christie's, New York[116]
cells: $66.5
$61.7
1949-A-No.1
Still, Clyfford !Clyfford Still
1949
000000002011-11-09-0000November 9, 2011
44
City and County of Denver
Sotheby's, New York[117]
cells: $66.3
$66.3
Untitled XXV
De Kooning !Willem de Kooning
1977
000000002016-11-15-0000November 15, 2016
70
Christie's, New York[118]
cells: $64.4
$62.9
Race Riot
Warhol, Andy !Andy Warhol
1964
000000002014-05-13-0000May 13, 2014
57
Private Collection
Anonymous
Christie's, New York[70]
cells: $63.7
$63.7
Femme Assise
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1909
000000002016-06-24-0000June 24, 2016
Sotheby's, London[119]
cells: $63.2
$61.8
Nature morte, Vase aux marguerites et coquelicots
Gogh, Vincent van !Vincent van Gogh
1890
000000002014-11-04-0000November 4, 2014
Sotheby's, New York[120]
cells: $62.8
$45.1
Nu au fauteuil noir, 1932
Picasso, Pablo !Pablo Picasso
1932
000000001999-11-09-0000November 9, 1999
Christie's, New York[121]
cells: $60.9
$35.2
Portrait of a Halberdier
Pontormo
1537
000000001989-05-31-0000May 31, 1989
5
Chauncey Stillman
Getty Museum
Christie's, New York
cells: $45.5
$44.4
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Georgia O’Keeffe
1932
000000002014-11-20-0000November 20, 2014
Crystal Bridges Museum
Sotheby's, New York[122]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who bought the most expensive painting in the world
answer: answerTexts: Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism