20 of the most expensive paintings in the world : theCHIVE

20 of the most expensive paintings in the world (20 Photos)

: Pablo Picasso – Femme aux Bras Croisés (Woman with Folded Arms), 1902

Sold for $55 million in 2000

2

Vincent van Gogh – A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889

Sold for $57 million in 1993

3

Kazimir Malevich – Suprematist Composition, 1916

Sold for $60 million in 2008

4

Paul Cézanne – Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier, 1894

Sold for $60.5 million in 1999

5

Willem de Kooning – Police Gazette, 1955

Sold for $63.5 in 2006

6

Vincent van Gogh – Portrait de l’artiste sans barbe (Self-portrait without beard), 1889

Sold for $71.5 million in 1998

7

Andy Warhol – Green Car Crash, 1963

Sold for $71.7 million in 2007

8

Mark Rothko –White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose), 1950

Sold for $72.8 million in 2007

9

Peter Paul Rubens – Massacre of the Innocents, 1611

Sold for $76.7 million in 2002

10

Pierre-Auguste Renoir – Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette), 1876

Sold for $78.1 million in 1990

11

Jasper Johns – False Start, 1959

Sold for $80 million in 2006

12

Claude Monet – Le Bassin aux Nymphéas (Water Lily Pond), 1919

Sold for $80.5 million in 2008

13

Vincent van Gogh – Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 1890

Sold for $82.5 million in 1990

14

Francis Bacon – Triptych, 1976

Sold for $86.3 million in 2008

15

Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912

Sold for $87.9 million in 2006

16

Pablo Picasso – Dora Maar au Chat (Dora Maar with Cat), 1941

Sold for $95.2 in 2006

17

Pablo Picasso – Garçon à la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe), 1905

Sold for $104.2 million in 2004

18

Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907

Sold for $135 million in 2006

19

Willem de Kooning – Woman III, 1953

Sold for $137.5 million in 2006

20

Jackson Pollock – No. 5, 1948

Sold for $140 million in 2006

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tommy2X4

I'd buy that for a dollar.

drugfiend

fuck all you pussy ass haters. dont you pussies know that art is subjective. most of you need to pull that dick out your fuckin asses, and stop being so motherfucking arrogant. What makes you more valuable than any of these paintings? There is only 1 of every of these paintings. They will NEVER be fucking made again. U motherfuckers are all pussy and would get your asses fuckin cut the fuck up.

KaufmanHerman

my buddy's step-mother made $12853 a month ago. she is making money on the computer and got a $513900 condo. All she did was get lucky and apply the instructions written on this link (Click on menu Home more information) http://goo.gl/JSyBO

Lisa

#8 Maybe this makes me a plebe but I will never understand Rothko. I seriously think I painted something similar in 3rd grade.

Endo

why didn't they just buy these from ikea?

its_forge

Tara

is #1 also Dora?

Stewart D. Mandabva

Where's Rembrandt and Jan Vemeer in all this

http://www.uncoached.com/2012/05/14/crystal-milana-starts-it-war-trash-talk-and-awesome-7-foot-dunkers/ Crystal Milana Starts It, War Trash Talk, and Awesome 7 Foot Dunkers |

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impressive.. like the collection

pune

riyazkhan

i also make painting and looking some body who can work to go ahead for valuable painting

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tommy2X4

I'd buy that for a dollar.
drugfiend

fuck all you pussy ass haters. dont you pussies know that art is subjective. most of you need to pull that dick out your fuckin asses, and stop being so motherfucking arrogant. What makes you more valuable than any of these paintings? There is only 1 of every of these paintings. They will NEVER be fucking made again. U motherfuckers are all pussy and would get your asses fuckin cut the fuck up.
KaufmanHerman

my buddy's step-mother made $12853 a month ago. she is making money on the computer and got a $513900 condo. All she did was get lucky and apply the instructions written on this link (Click on menu Home more information) http://goo.gl/JSyBO
Lisa

#8 Maybe this makes me a plebe but I will never understand Rothko. I seriously think I painted something similar in 3rd grade.
Endo

why didn't they just buy these from ikea?
its_forge
Tara

is #1 also Dora?
Stewart D. Mandabva

Where's Rembrandt and Jan Vemeer in all this
http://www.uncoached.com/2012/05/14/crystal-milana-starts-it-war-trash-talk-and-awesome-7-foot-dunkers/ Crystal Milana Starts It, War Trash Talk, and Awesome 7 Foot Dunkers |

[...] people in the world – [Oddee]20 of the most expensive paintings in the world – [The Chive]You have to admit, hotties look great on horses – [Bannedinhollywood]These pictures are [...]
impressive.. like the collection

pune
riyazkhan

i also make painting and looking some body who can work to go ahead for valuable painting

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