Sometimes artwork get sold for incredibly high prices. Why don’t we take a look at world’s 10 most expensive paintings?
10. “Irises” by Vincent van Gogh (1889). In 1987, the Australian collector Alan Bond paid for it a total of 54,000,000$.
9. “Woman with Crossed Arms” by Pablo Picasso (Femme aux Bras Croisés, 1901). The painting was sold for 55,000,000$ in New York Christie’s auction.
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8. “Curtain, Jug and Fruit” by Paul Cezanne (Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier, 1893-94) . In 1999, a collector was not hesitant to pay 60,500,000$.
7. “Self-portrait without Beard” by Vincent van Gogh (Portrait de l’Artiste sans Barbe, 1889). It was sold for 71,500,000$ in 1998.
6. “The Massacre of the Innocents” by Peter Paul Rubens (1611). In 2002, C.Thompson paid 76,700,000$ for it.
5. “Dance near the Moulin de la Galette” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Bal Au Moulin de la Galette, 1876). It was sold in Christie’s auction for 78,000,000$.
4. “Dr. Gachet’s portrait” by Vincent van Gogh (1890, painted a week before artist’s death). In 1990, it was sold in Christie’s auction hall to a Japanese enterpriser Ryoei Saito for 82,500,000$.
3. “Dora Maar with a Cat” by Pablo Picasso (1941). It was sold in New York Sotheby’s auction for 92,500,000$.
2. “Boy with a Pipe” by Pablo Picasso (Garçon à la Pipe, 1904). In 2007, the painting was sold in Sotheby’s auction for a remarkable total of 104,100,000$.
1. “Adele Bloch Bauer I Portrait” by Gustav Klimt (1907). The painting is also known as “Golden Adele” or “Austrian Mona Liza”. In 2006, the American enterpriser and the director of New York Museum of Contemporary Arts Ronald S. Lauder bought it for 135 million dollars.
