List of most expensive artworks by living artists
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$110 million ($ million in 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. Progressive auction sales records. This is a list of progressive records of the highest price ever paid at auction for the work of an artist who was living  at time of sale. As a progressive record listing, it only lists auctions records that topple the previous best. The current record price is US$91 million for Jeff Koons's 1986 sculpture, "Rabbit", set in 2019. The current record price for a painting is $90 million for David Hockney's 1972 "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)", set the prior year.