List of Most Expensive Paintings - List of Highest Prices Paid at Auctions or Private Sales (inflation Adjusted)

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
$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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