Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold at Auction
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A list of some of the most expensive artist's work ever sold at auction
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1.
No. 5 - Jackson Pollack
This classic piece using Pollacks drip-splash style of contemporary painting sold at auction for $140 million in 2006.
5 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
2.
Woman III - Willliam Kooning
1st of a series of 6 paintings in the "woman" series of abstract art - sold in 2006 for 137million dollars
5 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
3.
Garcon a la Pipe - Pablo Picasso
Sold at auction in 2004 - this representitive painting of a woman with a flower band on her head for $104.2 million.
4 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
4.
False Start - Jasper Johns
4 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
5.
Bal Au Moulin de la Galette - Renoir
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
6.
Massacre of the Innocents - Peper Paul Rubens
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
7.
White Center - Mark Rothko
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
8.
Le Bassin aux Nympheas - Claude Monet
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
9.
Green Car Crash - Andy Warhol
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
10.
Dora Maar au Chat - Pablo Picasso
Cubist style portrait of a woman seated on a chari with a small cat perched on her shoulder - sold at auction for 95.2 in 2006
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
11.
Adele Bloch-baur II - Gustav Klimt
One of my favorite pieces of art - this painting exemplifies Klimt's perception of flat decoration in this portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer - his favorite model.
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
12.
Triptych - Frances Bacon
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
13.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet - Vincent Van Gogh
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
14.
Portrail de l'artiste sans barbe - Vincent Van Gogh
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
15.
Self Potrait with Bandanged Ear - Vincent Van Gogh
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
16.
Police Gazzette - Williem de Kooning
1 point - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
17.
Redeau, Cruchon et Compotier - Paul Cezanne
1 point - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
18.
A Wheatfield with Cypresses - Vincent Van Gogh
1 point - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
19.
Femme aux Bras Croises - Pablo Picasso
1 point - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
20.
20 Irises - Vincent Van Gogh
1 point - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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