Most expensive paintings in the ranking 2023 These are the ten most valuable works of art in the world
No other collectorās item fetches such high prices as paintings by well-known artists. Hundreds of millions are spent on artworks by Picasso and Da Vinci. These are currently the ten most valuable works of art in the world.
Art has long held a unique attraction for people, whether because of its beauty, its expressiveness, or its historical value. However, certain works of art are particularly coveted and achieve unbelievable prices at auctions and sales.
Gustav Klimtās last portrait āLady with a Fanā (1917 ā 1918), which he created shortly before his death in February 1918, was last exhibited for a period of almost a year in the Belvedere in Vienna. The painting was sold at Sothebyās Modern & Contemporary evening sale in London on 27 June. The purchase price was the equivalent of around 109 million dollars (85.3 million pounds). This makes Klimtās work one of the most valuable works of art that have ever come onto the market in Europe. However, āLady with a Fanā does not make it into the top ten most expensive paintings in the world. An overview.
These are the most expensive paintings in the world in the 2023 ranking
10th place: āWoman IIIā by Willem de Kooning
The painting āWoman IIIā by Willem de Kooning from 1953 is in 2006 for $137.5 million Sold by David Geffen to Steven A. Cohen. The artworks āWomanā, āWoman IIā and āWoman as Landscapeā by the American painter are shown in this picture.
Woman III is an Abstract Expressionist painting, created in a series of six related portraits of women.
Wer war Willem de Kooning?
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch, since 1962 American painter. He was one of the most important representatives of abstract expressionism and, alongside Jackson Pollock, is considered a pioneer of action painting.
Platz 9: Mount Sainte-Victoire von Paul CĆ©zanne
$137.8 million an unknown buyer had the work of the French artist tasted in November 2022. It is the eighth most expensive auction of a painting ever. The painting recently came under the hammer at Christieās, the famous New York auction palace.
CĆ©zanneās late work is dated 1888-1890. It shows the natural landscape of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire in the south of Provence, which surrounds a limestone mountain range. CĆ©zanne, who lived in the region himself, dedicated at least two dozen paintings to Montagne Sainte-Victoire. To this day, the works give the place international fame.
8th place: āNo. 5, 1948ā by Jackson Pollock
The painting āNo. 5, 1948ā by the American artist Jackson Pollock was sold by David Geffen in 2006 for $140 million. The Mexican entrepreneur David Martinez is said to have bought the work. However, his lawyers deny this. The picture was painted on a fiberboard in the style of action painting, a branch of abstract expressionism. So he mostly dripped and splashed the brown and yellow paint onto the plate.
Wer war Jackson Pollock?
Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a major representative of New York School abstract expressionism. He became known with the action painting style he founded. His large-format works, created using the drip painting process, earned him the nickname āJack the Dripperā during his lifetime.
Platz 7: āThree Studies of Lucien Freudā von Francis Bacon
āThree Studies of Lucien Freudā by Francis Bacon dates from 1969. In 2013 the artwork went for $142.4 million to an unknown buyer. The auction took place at Christieās.
The triptych was painted at the Royal College of Art in London in 1969. There Bacon had a studio large enough to be able to work on three adjacent canvases at the same time. The three panels of the triptych were sold individually in the mid-1970s.
Wer war Francis Bacon?
Francis Bacon is one of the most important representational painters of the 20th century. In his works, he primarily deals with the depiction of the deformed human body in cramped spaces.
Platz 6: āThe Poseersā by Georges Seurat
Almost $150 million literally went over the counter at Christieās auction house when the painting āLes Poseusesā changed hands. The heirs of US entrepreneur Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates, commissioned Christieās to look for a buyer. $149.2 million he let himself taste the 1886-1888 oil painting by the painter Georges Seurat, which shows three women in different poses. It is therefore also known on the art market under the name āThree Modelsā.
Platz 5: āNude reclining (on the left side)ā by Amedeo Modigliani
Titled Nu couchĆ© (sur le cĆ“tĆ© gauche) by Amedeo Modigliani, the 1917 painting was sold last year at Sothebyās New York auction house for $157 million sold.
Who was Amadeo Modigliani?
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian draftsman, painter and sculptor. Todayās notoriety is based primarily on his nude paintings, which were considered scandalous at the time and only later found acceptance. His life was marked by lung diseases. In a fever dream he is said to have recognized his calling to art. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 35.
Place 4: āNu couchĆ©ā by Amedeo Modigliani
The painting āNu couchĆ©ā is also by Amedeo Modigliani. The Italian painter made it in 1917. An art collector from China bought the painting for gigantic $170.4 million.
It shows a naked woman lying in an interior on a dark red sofa and a turquoise blue cushion in the tradition of Titianās Venus of Urbino. It was painted in oil on canvas in 1917 and is 92 centimeters wide and 60 centimeters high. The face of the long stretched out young woman with her almond-shaped eyes, bare breasts and shame is turned directly to the viewer. However, her eyes are closed. The painting has been in the Long Museum in Chongqing, founded by Liu Yiqian, since the auction.
Platz 3: āThe Women of Algiers (Version O)ā von Picasso
Les femmes dāAlger (Version O) is a series of 15 paintings by Picasso and dates from 1955. Via the Christieās auction house, an unknown has been credited with $179.4 million bought the last version of the series. āLes femmes dāAlger means āThe women of Algiersā. The series contains versions from A to O.
The āOā version depicts a scene from a harem and shows four bare-breasted women, painted in bright colors in a mixture of abstract and realistic. In 1997, the picture was auctioned at Christieās for $32 million. The painting also became the most expensive Picasso ever auctioned.
Platz 2:Ā āShot Sage Blue Marilynā von Andy Warhol
In second place is Andy Warholās āShot Sage Blue Marilynā with a value of $195.04 million. Also known as Phthalo Blue, the portraitās sage blue background is signed āAndy Warhol 64ā at the top of the folded canvas.
The Shot Marilyns is a collection of four artworks by Andy Warhol depicting the portrait of Marilyn Monroe in different colors. These works were part of a five-part series featuring the same motif in different colors and were damaged by a revolver shot by performance artist Dorothy Podber in 1964, shortly after their completion. The works are usually identified in the art world and professional literature by their background color: Shot Red Marilyn, Shot Orange Marilyn, Shot Light Blue Marilyn, and Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. The undamaged fifth picture is the Turquoise Marilyn.
Andy Warhol was an American artist, filmmaker and publisher as well as co-founder and most important representative of American pop art. His career began in the 1950s as a graphic designer and illustrator for fashion, glossy and lifestyle magazines and developed quickly. He left an extensive oeuvre, ranging from simple advertising graphics to paintings, objects, films and books. He also worked as a music producer.
1st place: āSalvator Mundiā by Leonardo da Vinci
The 16th-century oil painting Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci was sold in 2017 for a record-breaking sum of $450.3 million sold to Mohammed bin Salman through the auction house Christieās. It is therefore privately owned. āSalvator mundiā means āsavior of the worldā.
Measuring 65.6 by 45.4 cm, the painting is painted with oils on a walnut panel. It shows Christ as Savior of the world in a frontal view, who has raised his right hand in a blessing gesture and is holding a crystal ball in his left.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer and natural philosopher. He is considered one of the most famous polymaths of all time.
His suffix da Vinci is not a family name, but a source name and means āfrom Vinciā, however, this designation of origin was understood as part of his name and used by Leonardo da Vinci himself in his signatures (ādi Leonardo de Vinciā). The birthplace of Vinci is a fort or hilltop village near the town of Empoli in what is now the province of Florence, Tuscany.
The 10 most valuable works of art in the world 2023
Platz titleArtistYear Price in millions of dollars year of purchasebuyer10.Woman IIIThe Cooning1953137.5 2006Steven A. Cohen9.Mountain Sainte-Victoire CĆ©zanne1890137.8 2022unbekannt8.No. 5, 1948Pollock1948140Ā 2006unbekannt7.Three Studies ofĀ Lucian FreudĀ (Triptychon)Bacon1969142,4Ā 2013unbekannt6.Les Poseuses (small version)Seurat1886149.2 2022unknown5.Reclining nude (on the left side)Modigliani1917157 2018unbekannt4.Reclining Nude Modigliani1917170.4 2015Long-Museum3.The Women of Algiers (Version āOā)Picasso1955179.4 2015unknown2.āShot Sage Blue Marilynā von Andy WarholWarhol1964195,04Ā 2022unbekannt1.Salvator MundiLeonardo da Vincium 1500450,3 2017Mohammed bin Salman
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