{"id":356414,"date":"2025-01-10T15:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=356414"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:38:06","slug":"most-expensive-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/most-expensive-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over the years, a select few paintings<\/a> around the world, from venerable Old Masters<\/a> to groundbreaking modern<\/a> works, have made headlines by garnering nosebleed prices in private sales or attracting astronomical bids at auction. Below, we look at 50 of the most expensive paintings ever sold and then delve into the stories behind the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
ORDER<\/th>PAINTING<\/th>ARTIST<\/th>PRICE REALIZED<\/th>YEAR SOLD<\/th><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Salvator Mundi<\/em><\/td>Leonardo da Vinci<\/td>$450.3 million<\/td>2017<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Interchange<\/em><\/td>Willem de Kooning<\/td>$300 million<\/td>2015<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>The Card Players<\/em><\/td>Paul C\u00e9zanne<\/td>$250 million<\/td>2012<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer)<\/em>
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\n<\/td>		Gustav Klimt<\/td>$236.4 million<\/td>2025<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)<\/em><\/td>Paul Gauguin<\/td>$210 million<\/td>2014<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Number 17A<\/em><\/td>Jackson Pollock<\/td>$200 million<\/td>2015<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>The Standard Bearer<\/em><\/td>Rembrandt van Rijn<\/td>$198 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Shot Sage Blue Marilyn<\/em><\/td>Andy Warhol<\/td>$195 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)<\/em><\/td>Mark Rothko<\/td>$186 million<\/td>2014<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Wasserschlangen II (Water Serpents II)<\/em><\/td>Gustav Klimt<\/td>$183.8 million<\/td>2013<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit<\/em><\/td>Rembrandt van Rijn<\/td>$180 million<\/td>2015<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Les femmes d\u2019Alger (Version \u201cO\u201d)<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$179.4 million<\/td>2015<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Nu couch\u00e9 (Reclining Nude)<\/em><\/td>Amedeo Modigliani<\/td>$170.4 million<\/td>2015<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Masterpiece<\/em><\/td>Roy Lichtenstein<\/td>$165 million<\/td>2017<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Nu couch\u00e9 (sur le c\u00f4t\u00e9 gauche)<\/em><\/td>Amedeo Modigliani<\/td>$157.2 million<\/td>2018<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Le R\u00eave<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$155 million<\/td>2013<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II<\/em><\/td>Gustav Klimt<\/td>$150 million<\/td>2017<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version)<\/em><\/td>Georges Seurat<\/td>$149.2 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Three Studies of Lucian Freud<\/em><\/td>Francis Bacon<\/td>$142.4 million<\/td>2013<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Twelve Landscape Screens<\/em><\/td>Qi Baishi<\/td>$140.8 million<\/td>2017<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>No. 5, 1948<\/em><\/td>Jackson Pollock<\/td>$140 million<\/td>2006<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>Femme \u00e0 la montre<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$139.4 million<\/td>2023<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>La Montagne Sainte-Victoire<\/em><\/td>Paul C\u00e9zanne<\/td>$137.7 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Woman III<\/em><\/td>Willem de Kooning<\/td>$137.5 million<\/td>2006<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I<\/em><\/td>Gustav Klimt<\/td>$135 million<\/td>2006<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>L’empire des lumi\u00e8res<\/em><\/td>Ren\u00e9 Magritte<\/td>$121.1 million<\/td>2024<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>The Scream<\/em><\/td>Edvard Munch<\/td>$119.9 million<\/td>2012<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>Reclining Nude on a Blue Cushion<\/em><\/td>Amedeo Modigliani<\/td>$118 million<\/td>2012<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>Verger avec cypr\u00e8s<\/em><\/td>Vincent van Gogh<\/td>$117.1 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>Young Girl with a Flower Basket<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$115 million<\/td>2018<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>Meules (Haystacks)<\/em><\/td>Claude Monet<\/td>$110.7 million<\/td>2019<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>Untitled<\/em><\/td>Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/td>$110.5 million<\/td>2017<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>Flag<\/em><\/td>Jasper Johns<\/td>$100 million<\/td>2010<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>Dame mit F\u00e4cher (Lady with a Fan)<\/em><\/td>Gustav Klimt<\/td>$108 million<\/td>2023<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>L\u2019Homme assis au verre<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$107.5 million<\/td>2024<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>Nude, Green Leaves and Bust<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$106.5 million<\/td>2010<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>Anna’s Light<\/em><\/td>Barnett Newman<\/td>$105.7 million<\/td>2013<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>Maternit\u00e9 II<\/em><\/td>Paul Gauguin<\/td>$105.7 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)<\/em><\/td>Andy Warhol<\/td>$105.4 million<\/td>2022<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>Birch Forest<\/em><\/td>Gustav Klimt<\/td>$104.5 million<\/td>2023<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>Gar\u00e7on \u00e0 la pipe (Boy with a Pipe)<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$104.2 million<\/td>2004<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>Femme assise pr\u00e8s d\u2019une fen\u00eatre (Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se)<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$103.4 million<\/td>2021<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>Eight Elvises<\/em><\/td>Andy Warhol<\/td>$100 million<\/td>2008<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Ch\u00e2teau Noir<\/em><\/td>Paul C\u00e9zanne<\/td>$100 million<\/td>2014<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump<\/em><\/td>Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/td>$100 million<\/td>2020<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>Nurse<\/em><\/td>Roy Lichtenstein<\/td>$95.4 million<\/td>2015<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>Dora Maar au chat (Dora Maar with a Cat)<\/em><\/td>Pablo Picasso<\/td>$95.2 million<\/td>2006<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>In This Case<\/em><\/td>Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/td>$93.1 million<\/td>2021<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel<\/em><\/td>Sandro Botticelli<\/td>$92.2 million<\/td>2021<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>Chop Suey<\/em><\/td>Edward Hopper<\/td>$91.9 million<\/td>2018<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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1. Salvator Mundi<\/em>, 1490\u20131500, by Leonardo da Vinci<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $450.3 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This painting by Leonardo da Vinci<\/a> depicts Christ, wearing blue Renaissance<\/a>-era robes and making the sign of the cross with one hand. In the other, he holds a crystal orb symbolizing the heavens, a reference to his role as Salvator Mundi<\/em>, or \u201cSavior of the World.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, the painting had been lost, rediscovered and restored multiple times. As a result, its attribution as an original work entirely by Leonardo has been debated, but today it is accepted as authentic by most scholars. Most recently, the long-lost piece was purchased at a 2005 New Orleans auction for $1,150 by art dealers Robert Simon<\/a> and Alexander Parish, who thought they were buying an overpainted copy<\/a>. After eight years of research and conservation, it turned out to be the real thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2017, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan bought it at auction at Christie\u2019s in New York for $450.3 million, making it the most expensive painting ever sold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Interchange<\/em>, 1955, by Willem de Kooning<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $300 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Abstract Expressionist<\/a> work by Willem de Kooning<\/a>, with its bold lines and shapes executed in primary colors, displays the artist\u2019s gestural mark-making and unmistakable style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Kooning originally sold Interchange, <\/em>also referred to as Interchanged<\/em>, for $4,000 in 1955. In September 2015, the David Geffen Foundation sold it to Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin for a then-record $300 million. The painting is now on loan at the Art Institute of Chicago<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. The Card Players<\/em>, 1892\u201396, by Paul C\u00e9zanne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sold for: $250 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This series of five paintings, depicting men playing cards at a table in different arrangements, belongs to Paul C\u00e9zanne<\/a>\u2019s final period, spanning the 1890s and early 1900s. Based on figural studies of local farmhands, \u201cThe Card Players\u201d are among the Postimpressionist<\/a>\u2019s best-known works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011, art collector George Embiricos sold one painting in the series to the royal family of Qatar for an estimated $250 million, at the time a record price for a painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer)<\/em>, 1914\u201316, by Gustav Klimt<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $236.4 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it sold for $236.4 million to an anonymous buyer in November 2025 at Sotheby\u2019s newly launched New York HQ (Marcel Breuer\u2019s brutalist masterpiece, which originally housed the Whitney Museum), Gustav Klimt\u2019s Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer)<\/em><\/a>, 1914\u201316, became the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The glittering, brilliantly detailed full-length portrait has a fascinating backstory: Lederer was the Jewish daughter of Klimt\u2019s most important patrons, who years later would falsely name the Christian painter as her father to avoid Nazi persecution. It also came with an impeccable provenance, having been owned by Leonard A. Lauder, the noted cosmetics executive and art collector, who died earlier that year at the age of 92. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A generous philanthropist (his 2013 gift of 78 Surrealist works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art was reported at the time to be worth more than $1 billion), Lauder was also the older brother of Ronald Lauder, whose Neue Galerie museum on upper Fifth Avenue celebrates the work of Klimt and his early-20th-century Austrian and German compeers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)<\/em>, 1892, by Paul Gauguin<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $210 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by a trip the artist took to Tahiti in the 1890s, this Postimpressionist work by Paul Gauguin<\/a> depicts two Tahitian women, one in traditional and the other in European-style dress, the first partially obscuring the second. Its flat figures and bright, expressive colors are Gauguin signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After loaning the painting to the Kunstmuseum Basel<\/a>, in Switzerland, for nearly 50 years, the Rudolf Staechelin Family Trust sold it in 2015 to Qatar\u2019s Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani for a lofty $210 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Number 17A<\/em>, 1948, by Jackson Pollock<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $200 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorful and chaotic, this oil-on-fiberboard work exemplifies Jackson Pollock<\/a>\u2019s style. The influential Abstract Expressionist created it using his signature drip technique, which he had developed just a year earlier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Businessman and film executive David Geffen sold Number 17A<\/em> in 2015 to Kenneth Griffin for $200 million, a huge price, if not as high as the $300 million Griffin paid him on the same day for de Kooning<\/a>\u2019s Interchange<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. The Standard Bearer, <\/em>1636, by Rembrandt van Rijn<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $198 million<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This self-portrait, painted in 1636, when he was just 30 years old, marks a significant milestone in Rembrandt van Rijn<\/a>\u2019s career. Inspired by the 16th-century soldiers who fought for Dutch independence during the Eighty Years’ War with Spain, The Standard Bearer<\/em> shows the Dutch artist perfecting the mastery of light and shadow for which he is famous. This mastery is on full display in one of Rembrandt\u2019s most celebrated works \u2014 The Night Watch<\/em> \u2014 which was commissioned shortly after he completed this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Standard Bearer<\/em> was privately owned for centuries, including by King George IV of Great Britain and the French branch of the Rothschild family, which sold it to the government of the Netherlands for $198 million in 2022. It\u2019s now on view to the general public as one of the jewels of the Rijksmuseum<\/a>, in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Shot Sage Blue Marilyn<\/em>, 1964, by Andy Warhol<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $195 million<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If one Andy Warhol<\/a> painting could be considered an avatar of the artist<\/a>, it well might be Shot Sage Blue Marilyn<\/em>. Completed in 1964, it is one of a series of five works depicting the Hollywood starlet, who was an object of fascination for Warhol<\/a>. Reportedly, the silkscreening<\/a> process was so labor-intensive that he never again used that particular technique, making this an exceptionally rare example of his oeuvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former owners of the painting include the late S.I. Newhouse, who ran the publishing empire Cond\u00e9 Nast. In 2022, megadealer Larry Gagosian purchased it at Christie\u2019s New York for $195 million, the most ever paid at auction for a work of 20th-century art<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)<\/em>, 1951, by Mark Rothko<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $186 million<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its expressive use of color \u2014 here large areas of violet and red separated by a band of green \u2014 Mark Rothko<\/a>\u2019s No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) <\/em>displays the characteristics of the Color Field movement<\/a> within Abstract Expressionism that Rothko pioneered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev bought the painting for $186 million, among the highest prices ever paid for a Rothko painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Wasserschlangen II (Water Serpents II)<\/em>, 1907, by Gustav Klimt<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Sold for: $183.8 million<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austrian artist Gustav Klimt<\/a>\u2019s fascination with the female form is beautifully evident in this oil painting, completed in 1907. A prime example of the boundary-pushing work Klimt produced as part of the Vienna Secession<\/a> movement, it shows four nude water nymphs floating in a technicolor dreamscape. Water Serpents II <\/em> was stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish collector in Austria during the Second World War and given to a Nazi filmmaker, whose descendant sold it in 2012, with half the proceeds going to the original owner’s heirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev bought the painting in 2013 for $183.8 million, the highest price ever paid for a Gustav Klimt artwork. Rybolovlev sold it in 2015, reportedly to a private Asian collector. Since then, Water Serpents II <\/em> has been shown in exhibitions at the Belvedere Museum<\/a>, in Vienna, and the Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These paintings are just the top tier of works that have changed hands for astounding prices. For more inspiring art by iconic artists, from Old Masters to contemporary<\/a> innovators, see our wide selection of art<\/a> on 1stDibs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated December 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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