List of Highest Prices Paid At Auctions or Private Sales (inflation Adjusted)
This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of September 2012 United States dollars. Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the painting was sold. The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised. A list in another currency may be in a slightly different order due to exchange rate fluctuations. Paintings are only listed once, i.e. for the highest price sold.
Adjusted price (in millions) | Original price (in millions) | Painting | Artist | Year | Date of sale | Rank at sale | Seller | Buyer | Auction house |
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$267 | $259 + | The Card Players | Paul Cézanne | 1892/93 | 02011-04-01April 2011 | 1 | George Embiricos | Royal Family of Qatar | Private sale |
$160.8 | $140 | No. 5, 1948 | Jackson Pollock | 1948 | 02006-11-02November 2, 2006 | 1 | David Geffen | Private sale via Sotheby's | |
$157.9 | $137.5 | Woman III | Willem de Kooning | 1953 | 02006-11-18November 18, 2006 | 2 | David Geffen | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale via Larry Gagosian |
$154.0 | $135 | Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I | Gustav Klimt | 1907 | 02006-06-18June 18, 2006 | 1 | Maria Altmann | Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie | Private sale via Christie's |
$147.8 | $82.5 | Portrait of Dr. Gachet | Vincent van Gogh | 1890 | 01990-05-15May 15, 1990 | 1 | Siegfried Kramarsky family | Ryoei Saito | Christie's, New York |
$139.9 | $78.1 | Bal du moulin de la Galette | Pierre-Auguste Renoir | 1876 | 01990-05-17May 17, 1990 | 2 | Betsey Whitney | Ryoei Saito | Sotheby's, New York |
$127.5 | $104.2 | Garçon à la pipe | Pablo Picasso | 1905 | 02004-05-04May 4, 2004 | 3 | Greentree foundation (Whitney family) | Barilla Group? | Sotheby's, New York |
$120.7 | $119.9 | The Scream | Edvard Munch | 1895 | 02012-05-02May 2, 2012 | 8 | Petter Olsen | Leon Black | Sotheby's, New York |
$118.2 | $106.5 | Nude, Green Leaves and Bust | Pablo Picasso | 1932 | 02010-05-04May 4, 2010 | 7 | Frances Lasker Brody estate | Christie's, New York | |
$110 ++ | $58 plus exchange of works | Portrait of Joseph Roulin | Vincent van Gogh | 1889 | 01989-08-01August 1, 1989 | 1 | Private collection, Zürich | Museum of Modern Art New York | Private sale via Thomas Ammann, Fine Art Zurich |
$108.8 | $95.2 | Dora Maar au Chat | Pablo Picasso | 1941 | 02006-05-03May 3, 2006 | 4 | Gidwitz family | Boris Ivanishvili | Sotheby's, New York |
$108.1 | $53.9 | Irises | Vincent van Gogh | 1889 | 01987-11-11November 11, 1987 | 1 | son of Joan Whitney Payson | Alan Bond | Sotheby's, New York |
$106.8 | $100.0 | Eight Elvises | Andy Warhol | 1963 | 02008-10-01October 2008 | 10 | Annibale Berlingieri | Private sale via Philippe Ségalot | |
$100.9 | $87.9 | Adele Bloch-Bauer II | Gustav Klimt | 1912 | 02006-11-02November 2, 2006 | 9 | Maria Altmann | Christie's, New York | |
$100.9 | $71.5 | Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe | Vincent van Gogh | 1889 | 01998-11-19November 19, 1998 | 5 | Heirs of Jacques Koerfer | Christie's, New York | |
$98.5 | $76.7 (£49.5) | Massacre of the Innocents | Peter Paul Rubens | 1611 | 02002-07-10July 10, 2002 | 6 | an Austrian family | Kenneth Thomson | Sotheby's, London |
$92.2 | $86.3 | Triptych, 1976 | Francis Bacon | 1976 | 02008-05-14May 14, 2008 | 13 | Moueix Family, Château Pétrus | Roman Abramovich | Sotheby's, New York |
$91.7 | $80.0 | False Start | Jasper Johns | 1959 | 02006-10-12October 12, 2006 | 10 | David Geffen | Kenneth C. Griffin | Private sale via Richard Gray |
$91.5 | $57 | A Wheatfield with Cypresses | Vincent van Gogh | 1889 | 01993-05-01May 1993 | 5 | son of Emil Georg Bührle | Walter H. Annenberg | Private sale via Steven Mazoh |
$90.7 | $49.3 (F300) | Les Noces de Pierrette | Pablo Picasso | 1905 | 01989-11-30November 30, 1989 | 3 | Fredrik Roos | Tomonori Tsurumaki | Binoche et Godeau Paris |
$89.4 | $47.85 | Yo, Picasso | Pablo Picasso | 1901 | 01989-05-09May 9, 1989 | 2 | Wendell Cherry | Stavros Niarchos | Sotheby's, New York |
$89.0 | $80.0 | Turquoise Marilyn | Andy Warhol | 1964 | 02007-05-20May 20, 2007 | 17 | Stefan Edlis | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale via Larry Gagosian |
$87.8 | $70.0 | Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page | Titian | 1533 | 02003-11-01November 2003 | 10 | AXA insurance company | Getty Museum | Private sale via Hervé Aaron |
$87.5 | $86.9 | Orange, Red, Yellow | Mark Rothko | 1961 | 02012-05-08May 8, 2012 | 24 | Estate of David Pincus | Christie's, New York | |
$85.2 | $80.5 (£40.9) | Le Bassin aux Nymphéas | Claude Monet | 1919 | 02008-06-24June 24, 2008 | 20 | J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller | Christie's, London | |
$84.2 | $60.5 | Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier | Paul Cézanne | 1894 | 01999-05-10May 10, 1999 | 9 | Whitney Family | Sotheby's, New York | |
$81.9 | $39.7 (£24.75) | Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers | Vincent van Gogh | 1888 | 01987-03-30March 30, 1987 | 1 | daughter-in-law of Chester Beatty | Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp. | Christie's, London |
$81.1 | $72.8 | White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) | Mark Rothko | 1950 | 02007-05-15May 15, 2007 | 21 | David Rockefeller, Sr. | Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Sotheby's, New York |
$79.8 | $71.7 | Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) | Andy Warhol | 1963 | 02007-05-16May 16, 2007 | 22 | Private collection, Zürich | Philip Niarchos | Christie's, New York |
$77.0 | $70.6 (£50) | Diana and Actaeon | Titian | 1556–1559 | 02009-02-01February 1, 2009 | 26 | Duke of Sutherland | National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London | Private sale |
$76.8 | $75 (€50-60) | Darmstadt Madonna | Hans Holbein | 1526 | 02011-07-12July 12, 2011 | 29 | Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse | Reinhold Würth | Private sale via Christoph Graf Douglas |
$76.1 | $68 | The Gross Clinic | Thomas Eakins | 1875 | 02007-04-12April 12, 2007 | 21 | Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Private sale. |
$75.1 | $75.1 | No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) | Mark Rothko | 1954 | 02012-11-13November 13, 2012 | 33 | John and Anne Marion | Sotheby's, New York | |
$74.8 | $40.7 | Au Lapin Agile | Pablo Picasso | 1904 | 01989-11-27November 27, 1989 | 5 | daughter of Joan Whitney Payson | Walter H. Annenberg | Sotheby's, New York |
$74.1 | $38.5 (£20.9) | Acrobate et jeune arlequin | Pablo Picasso | 1905 | 01988-11-28November 28, 1988 | 3 | heir of Roger Janssen? | Mitsukoshi | Christie's, London |
$73.1 | $55.0 | Femme aux Bras Croisés | Pablo Picasso | 1902 | 02000-11-08November 8, 2000 | 13 | McCormick family, Chicago | Christie's, New York | |
$72.9 | $69.0 | Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine") | Amedeo Modigliani | 1917 | 02010-11-02November 2, 2010 | 32 | Halit Cingillioğlu | Sotheby's, New York | |
$72.8 | $63.5 | Police Gazette | Willem de Kooning | 1955 | 02006-10-12October 12, 2006 | 20 | David Geffen | Steven A. Cohen | Private sale via Richard Gray |
$72.3 | $71.7 (£45) | Diana and Callisto | Titian | 1556–1559 | 02012-03-02March 2, 2012 | 36 | Duke of Sutherland | National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London | Private sale |
$69.3 | $48.4 | Le Rêve | Pablo Picasso | 1932 | 01997-11-10November 10, 1997 | 11 | Ganz family | Wolfgang Flöttl | Christie's, New York. |
$68.5 | $47.5 | Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat | Vincent van Gogh | 1890 | 01997-01-011997 | 11 | Stephen Wynn | Private sale via Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York | |
$68.2 | $49.6 | Femme assise dans un jardin | Pablo Picasso | 1938 | 01999-11-10November 10, 1999 | 15 | Robert Saidenberg | Sotheby's, New York | |
$67.1 | $65.5 (¥425.5) | Eagle Standing on Pine Tree | Qi Baishi | 1946 | 02011-05-22May 22, 2011 | 38 | Liu Yiqian | Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co | China Guardian Auctions |
$67.0 | $63.4 | Men in Her Life | Andy Warhol | 1962 | 02010-11-08November 8, 2010 | 37 | Jose Mugrabi | Phillips de Pury & Company | |
$65.8 | $35.2 | Portrait of a Halberdier | Pontormo | 1537 | 01989-05-31May 31, 1989 | 5 | Chauncey Devereaux Stillman | Getty Museum | Christie's, New York |
$65.4 | $60.0 | Suprematist Composition | Kazimir Malevich | 1916 | 02008-11-03November 3, 2008 | 35 | Heirs of Kazimir Malevich | Sotheby's, New York | |
$63.7 | $62.1 (¥402.5) | Zhichuan Resettlement | Wang Meng | 1350 | 02011-06-04June 4, 2011 | 42 | Beijing Poly Auction | ||
$63.1 | $61.7 | 1949-A-No.1 | Clyfford Still | 1949 | 02011-11-09November 9, 2011 | 44 | City and County of Denver | Sotheby's, New York |
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