<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs to be updated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . (May 2018) </Td> </Tr> <P> This list is ordered by GDP deflator inflation - adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2016 . 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 listed only once, i.e. for the highest price sold . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Adjusted price (in millions) </Th> <Th> Original price (in millions) </Th> <Th> Painting </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date of sale </Th> <Th> Rank at sale </Th> <Th> Seller </Th> <Th> Buyer </Th> <Th> Auction house </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $450.3 </Th> <Td> $450.3 </Td> <Td> Salvator Mundi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Leonardo da Vinci! attributed to Leonardo da Vinci </Td> <Td> c. 1500 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 11 - 15 - 0000 November 15, 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dmitry Rybolovlev </Td> <Td> Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ~ $304 </Th> <Td> ~ $300 </Td> <Td> Interchange </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> de Kooning, Willem! Willem de Kooning </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Geffen Foundation </Td> <Td> Kenneth C. Griffin </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $270 + </Th> <Td> $250 + </Td> <Td> The Card Players </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cezanne, Paul! Paul Cézanne </Td> <Td> 1892 / 93 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 04 - 01 - 0000 April 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Embiricos </Td> <Td> State of Qatar </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $213 </Th> <Td> $210 </Td> <Td> Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gaugin, Paul! Paul Gauguin </Td> <Td> 1892 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Heirs of Rudolf Staechelin </Td> <Td> State of Qatar </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ~ $203 </Th> <Td> ~ $200 </Td> <Td> Number 17A </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pollock, Jackson! Jackson Pollock </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Geffen Foundation </Td> <Td> Kenneth C. Griffin </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $190 </Th> <Td> $186 (€ 140) </Td> <Td> No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko </Td> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cherise Moueix </Td> <Td> Dmitry Rybolovlev </Td> <Td> Private sale via Yves Bouvier </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $182 </Th> <Td> $180 (€ 160M for pair) </Td> <Td> Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rembrandt! Rembrandt </Td> <Td> 1634 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Éric de Rothschild </Td> <Td> Rijksmuseum and Louvre </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $181.7 </Th> <Td> $179.4 </Td> <Td> Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O") </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 05 - 11 - 0000 May 11, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Private collection </Td> <Td> Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $172.6 </Th> <Td> $170.4 </Td> <Td> Nu Couché </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani </Td> <Td> 1917 / 18 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 2015 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Laura Mattioli Rossi </Td> <Td> Liu Yiqian </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $165.0 </Th> <Td> $165.0 </Td> <Td> Masterpiece </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lichtenstein, Roy! Roy Lichtenstein </Td> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 2017 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Agnes Gund </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $164.5 </Th> <Td> $140 </Td> <Td> No. 5, 1948 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pollock, Jackson! Jackson Pollock </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Geffen </Td> <Td> David Martinez </Td> <Td> Private sale via Sotheby's </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $161.6 </Th> <Td> $137.5 </Td> <Td> Woman III </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> de Kooning, Willem! Willem de Kooning </Td> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Geffen </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Private sale via Larry Gagosian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $161.5 </Th> <Td> $155 </Td> <Td> Le Rêve </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 03 - 26 - 0000 March 26, 2013 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Steve Wynn </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $158.7 </Th> <Td> $135 </Td> <Td> Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Klimt, Gustav! Gustav Klimt </Td> <Td> 1907 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 06 - 18 - 0000 June 18, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maria Altmann </Td> <Td> Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie </Td> <Td> Private sale via Christie's </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $172.6 </Th> <Td> $170.4 </Td> <Td> Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani </Td> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> 000000002018 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $150.0 </Th> <Td> $150 </Td> <Td> Adele Bloch - Bauer II </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Klimt, Gustav! Gustav Klimt </Td> <Td> 1912 </Td> <Td> 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2016 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Oprah Winfrey </Td> <Td> Unidentified buyer in China </Td> <Td> Private sale via Larry Gagosian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $148.4 </Th> <Td> $142.4 </Td> <Td> Three Studies of Lucian Freud </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2013 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $137.7 </Th> <Td> $82.5 </Td> <Td> Portrait of Dr. Gachet </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1890 </Td> <Td> 000000001990 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Heirs of Siegfried Kramarsky </Td> <Td> Ryoei Saito </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $130.3 </Th> <Td> $78.1 </Td> <Td> Bal du moulin de la Galette </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Renoir, Pierre - Auguste! Pierre - Auguste Renoir </Td> <Td> 1876 </Td> <Td> 000000001990 - 05 - 17 - 0000 May 17, 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Betsey Whitney </Td> <Td> Ryoei Saito </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $130.2 </Th> <Td> $104.2 </Td> <Td> Garçon à la pipe </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> 000000002004 - 05 - 05 - 0000 May 5, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Greentree Foundation (Whitney family) </Td> <Td> Guido Barilla (suspected) </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $127.0 </Th> <Td> $119.9 </Td> <Td> The Scream </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Munch, Edvard! Edvard Munch </Td> <Td> 1895 </Td> <Td> 000000002012 - 05 - 02 - 0000 May 2, 2012 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Petter Olsen </Td> <Td> Leon Black </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $125 </Th> <Td> $118 </Td> <Td> Reclining Nude With Blue Cushion </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani </Td> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> 000000002012 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2012 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Dmitry Rybolovlev </Td> <Td> Private sale via Yves Bouvier </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $121.1 </Th> <Td> $110.0 </Td> <Td> Flag </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Johns, Jasper! Jasper Johns </Td> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> 000000002010 - 03 - 01 - 0000 March 2010 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Jean - Christophe Castelli </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Private sale, estimated price </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $117.2 </Th> <Td> $106.5 </Td> <Td> Nude, Green Leaves and Bust </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> 000000002010 - 05 - 04 - 0000 May 4, 2010 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Frances Lasker Brody estate </Td> <Td> Leonard Blavatnik (suspected) </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $115.0 </Th> <Td> $115 </Td> <Td> Young Girl with a Flower Basket </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> 000000002018 - 05 - 08 - 0000 May 8, 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David and Peggy Rockefeller </Td> <Td> Unidentified buyer </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $112.3 </Th> <Td> $100.0 </Td> <Td> Eight Elvises </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 000000002008 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 2008 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Annibale Berlingieri </Td> <Td> The State of Qatar (suspected) </Td> <Td> Private sale via Philippe Ségalot </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $111.9 </Th> <Td> $95.2 </Td> <Td> Dora Maar au Chat </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 05 - 03 - 0000 May 3, 2006 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Gidwitz family </Td> <Td> Boris Ivanishvili </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $110.5 </Th> <Td> $110.5 </Td> <Td> Untitled </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Basquiat! Jean - Michel Basquiat </Td> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 2017 </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yusaku Maezawa </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $110.2 + </Th> <Td> $105.7 + (¥ 10,300) </Td> <Td> Anna's Light </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newman, Barnett! Barnett Newman </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 10 - 04 - 0000 October 4, 2013 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> DIC Corp . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $109.9 </Th> <Td> $105.4 </Td> <Td> Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2013 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $104 </Th> <Td> $100 </Td> <Td> La Montagne Sainte - Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cezanne, Paul! Paul Cézanne </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2013 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Edsel and Eleanor Ford House </Td> <Td> State of Qatar </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $103.8 </Th> <Td> $58 plus exchange of works </Td> <Td> Portrait of Joseph Roulin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1889 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Private collection, Zürich </Td> <Td> Museum of Modern Art New York </Td> <Td> Private sale via Thomas Ammann, Fine Art Zurich </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $101.0 </Th> <Td> $71.5 </Td> <Td> Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1889 </Td> <Td> 000000001998 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 1998 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Heirs of Jacques Koerfer (de) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $100.5 </Th> <Td> $76.7 (£ 49.5) </Td> <Td> Massacre of the Innocents </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rubens, Peter Paul! Peter Paul Rubens </Td> <Td> 1611 </Td> <Td> 000000002002 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 2002 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> an Austrian family </Td> <Td> Kenneth Thomson </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $100.3 </Th> <Td> $53.9 </Td> <Td> Irises </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1889 </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> son of Joan Whitney Payson </Td> <Td> Alan Bond </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $96.9 </Th> <Td> $86.3 </Td> <Td> Triptych, 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> 000000002008 - 05 - 14 - 0000 May 14, 2008 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Moueix family </Td> <Td> Roman Abramovich </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $96.6 </Th> <Td> $95.4 </Td> <Td> Nurse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lichtenstein, Roy! Roy Lichtenstein </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 2015 </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $94.0 </Th> <Td> $80.0 </Td> <Td> False Start </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Johns, Jasper! Jasper Johns </Td> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 2006 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> David Geffen </Td> <Td> Kenneth C. Griffin </Td> <Td> Private sale via Richard Gray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $92.0 </Th> <Td> $86.9 </Td> <Td> Orange, Red, Yellow </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko </Td> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> 000000002012 - 05 - 08 - 0000 May 8, 2012 </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Estate of David Pincus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $91.6 </Th> <Td> $80.0 </Td> <Td> Turquoise Marilyn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> 000000002007 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20, 2007 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Stefan Edlis </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Private sale via Larry Gagosian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $90.4 </Th> <Td> $80.5 (£ 40.9) </Td> <Td> Le Bassin aux Nymphéas </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Monet, Claude! Claude Monet </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> 000000002008 - 06 - 24 - 0000 June 24, 2008 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $89.9 </Th> <Td> $70.0 </Td> <Td> Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Titian </Td> <Td> 1533 </Td> <Td> 000000002003 - 11 - 01 - 0000 November 2003 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> AXA insurance company </Td> <Td> Getty Museum </Td> <Td> Private sale via Hervé Aaron </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $87.9 </Th> <Td> $57 </Td> <Td> A Wheatfield with Cypresses </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1889 </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 05 - 01 - 0000 May 1993 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> son of Emil Georg Bührle </Td> <Td> Walter H. Annenberg </Td> <Td> Private sale via Steven Mazoh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $86.2 </Th> <Td> $84.2 </Td> <Td> Black Fire I </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newman, Barnett! Barnett Newman </Td> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Private Collection </Td> <Td> Anonymous </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $85.8 </Th> <Td> $85.8 </Td> <Td> Suprematist Composition </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malevich, Kazimir! Kazimir Malevich </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> 000000002018 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anonymous </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $85.3 </Th> <Td> $49.3 (F 300) </Td> <Td> Les Noces de Pierrette </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 11 - 30 - 0000 November 30, 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fredrik Roos (sv) </Td> <Td> Tomonori Tsurumaki </Td> <Td> Binoche et Godeau Paris </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $84.7 </Th> <Td> $84.7 </Td> <Td> Nymphéas en fleur </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Monet, Claude! Claude Monet </Td> <Td> 1914 - 1917 </Td> <Td> 000000002018 - 05 - 08 - 0000 May 8, 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David and Peggy Rockefeller </Td> <Td> Unidentified buyer </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $84.2 </Th> <Td> $60.5 </Td> <Td> Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cezanne, Paul! Paul Cézanne </Td> <Td> 1894 </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 05 - 10 - 0000 May 10, 1999 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Whitney Family </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $83.9 </Th> <Td> $81.9 </Td> <Td> Triple Elvis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2014 </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> WestSpiel (de) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $83.4 </Th> <Td> $72.8 </Td> <Td> White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko </Td> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> 000000002007 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 2007 </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> David Rockefeller, Sr . </Td> <Td> Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al - Thani </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $83.0 </Th> <Td> $81.9 </Td> <Td> No. 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko </Td> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2015 </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $82.8 </Th> <Td> $47.8 </Td> <Td> Yo, Picasso </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1901 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 05 - 09 - 0000 May 9, 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wendell Cherry </Td> <Td> Stavros Niarchos </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $82.7 </Th> <Td> $80.8 </Td> <Td> Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> Private Collection </Td> <Td> Anonymous </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $82.1 </Th> <Td> $71.7 </Td> <Td> Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 000000002007 - 05 - 16 - 0000 May 16, 2007 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Private collection, Zürich </Td> <Td> Philip Niarchos </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $81.4 </Th> <Td> $81.4 </Td> <Td> Meule </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Monet Claude! Claude Monet </Td> <Td> 1891 </Td> <Td> 000000002016 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 2016 </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $81.3 </Th> <Td> $81.3 </Td> <Td> Laboureur dans un champ </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1889 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2017 </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass estate </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ~ $81 </Th> <Td> ~ $75 (€ 50 - 60) </Td> <Td> Darmstadt Madonna </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Holbein, Hans! Hans Holbein </Td> <Td> 1526 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 07 - 12 - 0000 July 12, 2011 </Td> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse </Td> <Td> Reinhold Würth </Td> <Td> Private sale via Christoph Graf Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $80.8 </Th> <Td> $80.8 </Td> <Td> Odalisque couchée aux magnolias </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Matisse, Henri! Henri Matisse </Td> <Td> 1923 </Td> <Td> 000000002018 - 05 - 08 - 0000 May 8, 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David and Peggy Rockefeller </Td> <Td> Unidentified buyer </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $79.5 </Th> <Td> $75.1 </Td> <Td> No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko </Td> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> 000000002012 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2012 </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> John and Anne Marion </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $78.7 </Th> <Td> $70.6 (£ 50) </Td> <Td> Diana and Actaeon </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> Titian </Td> <Td> 1556--1559 </Td> <Td> 000000002009 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 2009 </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Duke of Sutherland </Td> <Td> National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $77.8 </Th> <Td> $68 </Td> <Td> The Gross Clinic </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eakins, Thomas! Thomas Eakins </Td> <Td> 1875 </Td> <Td> 000000002007 - 04 - 12 - 0000 April 12, 2007 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Thomas Jefferson University </Td> <Td> Philadelphia Museum of Art </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $75.9 </Th> <Td> $69.0 </Td> <Td> Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine") </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani </Td> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> 000000002010 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 2010 </Td> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> Halit Cıngıllıoglu </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $75.9 </Th> <Td> $71.7 (£ 45) </Td> <Td> Diana and Callisto </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Titian </Td> <Td> 1556--1559 </Td> <Td> 000000002012 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 2012 </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> Duke of Sutherland </Td> <Td> National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London </Td> <Td> Private sale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $74.8 </Th> <Td> $55.0 </Td> <Td> Femme aux Bras Croisés </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1902 </Td> <Td> 000000002000 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 2000 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> McCormick family, Chicago </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $74.6 </Th> <Td> $63.5 </Td> <Td> Police Gazette </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> de Kooning, Willem! Willem de Kooning </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> 000000002006 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 2006 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> David Geffen </Td> <Td> Steven A. Cohen </Td> <Td> Private sale via Richard Gray . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $73.8 </Th> <Td> $39.7 (£ 24.75) </Td> <Td> Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1888 </Td> <Td> 000000001987 - 03 - 30 - 0000 March 30, 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Helen Beatty, daughter - in - law of Chester Beatty </Td> <Td> Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp . </Td> <Td> Christie's, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $71.7 </Th> <Td> $69.6 </Td> <Td> Portrait of George Dyer Talking </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $71.4 </Th> <Td> $70.5 </Td> <Td> Untitled (New York City) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Twombly, Cy! Cy Twombly </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 2015 </Td> <Td> 61 </Td> <Td> Family of Sydney M. Irmas </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $71.3 </Th> <Td> $69.6 </Td> <Td> Untitled </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Twombly, Cy! Cy Twombly </Td> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2014 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> Nicola del Roscio </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $71.3 </Th> <Td> $69.6 </Td> <Td> Four Marlons </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2014 </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> WestSpiel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $70.6 </Th> <Td> $65.5 (¥ 425.5) </Td> <Td> Eagle Standing on Pine Tree </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Qi Baishi </Td> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 05 - 22 - 0000 May 22, 2011 </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> Liu Yiqian </Td> <Td> Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co </Td> <Td> China Guardian Auctions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $70.4 </Th> <Td> $40.7 </Td> <Td> Au Lapin Agile </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 11 - 27 - 0000 November 27, 1989 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> daughter of Joan Whitney Payson </Td> <Td> Walter H. Annenberg </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $70.1 </Th> <Td> $70.1 </Td> <Td> Contraste de formes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Léger, Fernand! Fernand Léger </Td> <Td> 1913 </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2017 </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> Anna - Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $69.7 </Th> <Td> $63.4 </Td> <Td> Men in Her Life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> 000000002010 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 2010 </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> Jose Mugrabi </Td> <Td> Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al - Thani </Td> <Td> Phillips de Pury & Company </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $69.3 </Th> <Td> $38.5 (£ 20.9) </Td> <Td> Acrobate et jeune arlequin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> 000000001988 - 11 - 28 - 0000 November 28, 1988 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Heir of Roger Janssen (suspected) </Td> <Td> Mitsukoshi </Td> <Td> Christie's, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $68.9 </Th> <Td> $49.5 </Td> <Td> Femme assise dans un jardin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 11 - 10 - 0000 November 10, 1999 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Robert Saidenberg </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $68.3 </Th> <Td> $67.45 </Td> <Td> La Gommeuse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1901 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2015 </Td> <Td> 63 </Td> <Td> William I. Koch </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $68.2 </Th> <Td> $67.4 </Td> <Td> Buste de femme (Femme à la résille) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 05 - 11 - 0000 May 11, 2015 </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> Steve Wynn </Td> <Td> Joseph Lau </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $67.8 </Th> <Td> $47.5 </Td> <Td> Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1890 </Td> <Td> 000000001997 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1997 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Steve Wynn </Td> <Td> Private sale via Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $67.8 </Th> <Td> $66.2 </Td> <Td> Untitled </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko </Td> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> Private Collection </Td> <Td> Anonymous </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $67.2 </Th> <Td> $66.3 </Td> <Td> L'Allée des Alyscamps </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1888 </Td> <Td> 000000002015 - 05 - 05 - 0000 May 5, 2015 </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $67.0 </Th> <Td> $62.1 (¥ 402.5) </Td> <Td> Zhichuan Resettlement </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wang Meng </Td> <Td> 1350 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 06 - 04 - 0000 June 4, 2011 </Td> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beijing Poly Auction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $66.7 </Th> <Td> $65.1 </Td> <Td> Spring (Le Printemps) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manet, Edouard! Édouard Manet </Td> <Td> 1881 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2014 </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Getty Museum </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $66.5 </Th> <Td> $61.7 </Td> <Td> 1949 - A-No. 1 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Still, Clyfford! Clyfford Still </Td> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> 000000002011 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 2011 </Td> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> City and County of Denver </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $66.3 </Th> <Td> $66.3 </Td> <Td> Untitled XXV </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> De Kooning! Willem de Kooning </Td> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> 000000002016 - 11 - 15 - 0000 November 15, 2016 </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $64.4 </Th> <Td> $62.9 </Td> <Td> Race Riot </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> Private Collection </Td> <Td> Anonymous </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $63.7 </Th> <Td> $63.7 </Td> <Td> Femme Assise </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> 000000002016 - 06 - 24 - 0000 June 24, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $63.2 </Th> <Td> $61.8 </Td> <Td> Nature morte, Vase aux marguerites et coquelicots </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh </Td> <Td> 1890 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 04 - 0000 November 4, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $62.8 </Th> <Td> $45.1 </Td> <Td> Nu au fauteuil noir, 1932 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $60.9 </Th> <Td> $35.2 </Td> <Td> Portrait of a Halberdier </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pontormo </Td> <Td> 1537 </Td> <Td> 000000001989 - 05 - 31 - 0000 May 31, 1989 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Chauncey Stillman </Td> <Td> Getty Museum </Td> <Td> Christie's, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> $45.5 </Th> <Td> $44.4 </Td> <Td> Jimson Weed / White Flower No. 1 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Georgia O'Keeffe </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> 000000002014 - 11 - 20 - 0000 November 20, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Crystal Bridges Museum </Td> <Td> Sotheby's, New York </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Adjusted price (in millions) </Th> <Th> Original price (in millions) </Th> <Th> Painting </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date of sale </Th> <Th> Rank at sale </Th> <Th> Seller </Th> <Th> Buyer </Th> <Th> Auction house </Th> </Tr>

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