List of most expensive artworks by living artists

This is a list of the most expensive pieces of art made by artists that are still alive.

The highest price for a piece of art by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. It was sold privately for what is thought to be $110 million USD ($ million in  dollars).

 All-time 
This is a list of highest prices paid for an artist when they were living when the sale happened.
+Adjusted price
(in millions of USD)Original price
(in millions of USD)WorkArtistDateVenueRef.110Private sale100Private sale91.190.380Private sale62 Sacha JafriHumanity Inspired Royal Charity Auction, DubaiBritish artist sells world's largest painting The Journey of Humanity for $62m, The Guardian, March 22, 2021Sophie Prideaux, World's largest painting created in Dubai by Sacha Jafri sells for record-breaking $62 million, The National, March 23, 202158.4 

 History of sales records 
This is a list of the most expensive pieces of art at the time in an auction by a living artist.
+Adjusted price
(in millions of USD)Original price
(in millions of USD)WorkArtistDateAuction
houseRef.91.8291.1RabbitChristie's92.4890.3Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)Christie's64.6858.4Balloon Dog (Orange)Christie's41.1137.1Domplatz, MailandSotheby's38.1634.2Abstraktes Bild (809-4) (1994)Sotheby's40.0333.6Benefits Supervisor SleepingChristie's28.9823.6Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold)Sotheby's23.9119.3Lullaby SpringSotheby's36.4817False StartSotheby's15.027White FlagChristie's9.184.18DiverChristie's8.283.63 (tied)Pink LadySotheby's8.493.63 (tied)Out the WindowSotheby's3.231.2Two WomenChristie's2.190.8L'Enigme du Desir/Ma Mere, Ma Mere, Ma MereChristie's4.130.53Mother and ChildSotheby's1.880.22Death of Harlequin/Woman in a GardenSotheby's1.340.15 (tied)La Belle HollandaiseSotheby's"Auction Records Broken in London: A Picasso Sold for £55, 000." Illustrated London News, May 16, 1959, p. 835.  "... at Sotheby's on May 6, an early Picasso nude... was sold ... for £55,000, the highest price ever paid in an auction room for the work of a living artist. Prior to this the record had been held by another Picasso, a Mother and Child, which was sold last November in New York for £54,000.1.340.15 (tied)Mother and ChildSotheby's0.066Friedland, 1807Stewart estate sale0.045Les CommuniantesMary J. Morgan estate saleLettres, sciences, arts: Encyclopédie universelle du XXe siècle. 1908. 3: 85. "... les Communiantes (Salon de 1884): 227,500 fr. C'est l'enchère la plus considèrable qui ait été atteinte jusqu'alors par un tableau d'artiste vivant"Methodist Magazine. January 1901. p. 81: "For the painting of 'The First Communion,' by Breton, [Lord Strathcona] paid the sum of $45,000, the highest price, it is said, ever paid for a modern picture sold at auction."

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