Yesterday’s Picasso price is actually not a record if you check the thirteen most expensive paintings sold. Many have been sold privately, while Picasso’s’ Les femmes d’Alger “1.5 billion is a record for an auction.
Otherwise,” When will you marry? “(” (Nafea FAA ipoipo “) of Paul Gauguin’s most expensive painting that was sold. It went for 2.48 billion, a billion more than the current Picasso painting, according to The Telegraph.
The painting was sold privately by the Swiss art collector Rudolf Staechelin to an unknown buyer. When Gauguin returned to Europe from Taihiti in the early 1890s he was hailed not for his work but were met with indifference. He influenced later Picasso, Matisse and Miró.
“The Card Players” by Paul Cézanne were bought by the Royal family in Qatar in 2011 for 2.06 billion.
“Three studies of Lucian Freud,” a oljetriptyk 1969 by Francis Bacon was sold in November 2013 for 1.18 billion which was then the most expensive work that until then been sold at an auction. Even then it was Christie’si New York, which accounted for sales.
Here are nine paintings for which buyers paid millions for:
“No. 5 “, Jackson Pollock för1,16 billion.
” Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I “, Gustav Klimt 1.12 billion.
” Portrait of Adele Bloch- Bauer I “, Gustav Klimt 1.12 billion.
” The Scream “by Edvard Munch for 992 million crowns.
” Garcon a la Pipe “, Pablo Picasso 861 million crowns.
“Portrait of Dr. Gachet” by Vincent van Gogh for 682 million crowns.
“Diana and Actaeon”, Titian 645 million.
“Bal du Moulin de la Galette”, Pierre-Auguste Renoir for 645 million crowns.
“Portrait of Joseph Roulin,” Vincent van Gogh’s 480 million.
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