art :: the seven most expensive works of art

Ever wondered? Here are the seven most expensive works of art (atleast for now) . Holy Moly!

1. JACKSON POLLOCK: "Number 5, 1948", 1948
$140 million
Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: David Martínez (not confirmed)

2. WILLEM DE KOONING: "Woman III", 1952-53
$137.5 million
Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Steven Cohen

3. GUSTAV KLIMT: "Adele Bloch-Bauer I", 1907
$135 million
Private sale, 2006. Buyer: Ronald Lauder.

4. PABLO PICASSO: "Garçon a la pipe", 1904
$104.1 million
Sotheby's New York, May 4th 2004. Buyer: anonymous

Picasso painted Garcon a la Pipe when he was 24!

5. PABLO PICASSO: "Dora Maar au chat", 1941
$95.2 million
Sotheby's New York, May 2006. Buyer: anonymous

6. GUSTAV KLIMT: "Adele Bloch-bauer II ", 1912
$87.9 million
Christie's New York, November 2006. Buyer: unknown

7. VINCENT VAN GOGH: "Portrait of Doctor Gachet", 1890
$82.5 million
Christie's New York, May 1990. Buyer: Ryoei Saito

via artrev

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