Rendi Paola P. Cuan SY1335 10 Most Expensive Paintings 1. PAUL GAUGUIN "Nafea faa ipoipo? (When will you marry?)", 1892$300 millionInflation adjusted price: $300 million (#1) Private sale, early 2015. Seller: Rudolf Staechelin Family Trust. Buyer: Qatar Museums?. The painting -one of Gauguin's most famous and reproduced images- depicts a couple of Tahitian na-tive women, one of them dressed in a traditional Ta-hitian dress, while the other one, showing a serious expression on her face, is wearing a mission dress. 3. PABLO PICASSO "Les Femmes dAlger (Version O)", 1955 $179.4 million Inflation adjusted price: $179.4 million (#3) Christie's New York, May 2015. Seller: Private collec-tion, Saudi Arabia. Buyer: Anonymous "Les Femmes dAlger (Version O)" is one of Picas-so's most famous late works, but not one of his most important works. The absurd sum of $179,4 million paid for the work represent the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. The painting had been sold for $31.9 million in 1997, in an auction where Picas-so's "La Rve (The Dream)" (see following work) achieved $48 million. 2. PAUL CZANNE "The Card Players", 1892/93$250 millionInflation adjusted price: $273 million (#2) Private sale, 2011. Seller: George Embiricos. Buyer: Royal Family of Qatar. This is the last version of this famous composition by Paul Czanne still in private hands. The fabulous psychological intensity in the faces of the players make this painting a masterpiece of post-4. PABLO PICASSO "La Rve (The Dream)", 1932 $155 millionInflation adjusted price: $157.5 million (#6) Private sale, 2013. Seller: Steve Wynn. Buyer: Ste-ven A. Cohen "La Rve (The Dream)" is one of Picasso's most sensual and famous paintings, depicting her lover Marie-Therese Walter sitting on a red armchair with her eyes closed. In 2006, Steve Wynn agreed to sell the painting to Steven Cohen for $139 million, but the sale was cancelled when Mr. Wynn accidentally damaged the work. 6. JACKSON POLLOCK "Number 5, 1948", 1948$140 millionInflation adjusted price: $165 million (#4) Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Un-known (rumoured to be Mexican businessman David Martinez) This stunning "drip" by Jackson Pollock was at the time the most expensive contemporary painting ever sold, though the exact price was never confirmed (but the price displayed here is generally accepted to be true). The exorbitant sum demonstrated not only the strenght of the Art market, but also an increasing inter-est for the contemporary works of Art. 5. FRANCIS BACON "Three Studies of Lucian Freud", 1969 $142.4 millionInflation adjusted price: $145 million (#9) Christie's New York, 2013. Seller: Francesco De Simone Niquesa(?). Buyer: Unknown Untile the sale of Picasso's "Femmes" (see above), this Bacon was not only the most expensive painting ever auctioned, but also a record for a contemporary work of art. Christie's explained that when this work was painted, "the relationship between Freud and Bacon was at its apex". 7. WILLEM DE KOONING "Woman III", 1952-53 $137.5 millionInflation adjusted price: $162 million (#5) Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Ste-ven Cohen This painting is the only "Woman" by Willem de Kooning still in private hands. One of this women -described by T. Hess as "black goddesses"- has been chosen by theartwolf.com as one of the 50 master-works of the history of painting. 9. EDVARD MUNCH "The Scream", 1895$119.9 millionSotheby's New York , May 2012. Buyer: anonymous This iconic work was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction until it was surpassed by Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud". The work is the most colorful of the four versions of Edvard Munchs mas-terpiece 'The Scream', and the only one still in private hands 8. GUSTAV KLIMT "Adele Bloch-bauer I", 1907 $135 millionInflation adjusted price: $158 million (#7) Private sale, 2006. Buyer: Ronald Lauder. The acquisition of this iconic work by cosmetic mag-nate Ronald Lauder caused a shock in the Art world, not only for the spectacular sum paid for it, but also for the way it was sold, far away from the noisy auction houses. The painting was part of a group of five can-vases which had been recently returned to the heirs of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. The Nazis confiscated his paintings during the World War II, and after the war, the canvases were placed at the National Gallery of Austria in 1948. 10. JASPER JOHNS "Flag", 1958$110 millionPrivate sale: 2010. Buyer: Steven Cohen "Flags" are Jasper Johns most famous works. The artist painted his first American flag in 195455, a work now at the MoMA. 2. Alberto Giacometti: "LHomme qui marche I", 1961 $104.3 million - Sotheby's London, February 2010This life-size work ranks among the most arresting and iconic of the artists bronzes, and became the most ex-pensive work of Art ever auctioned at that time.1. Alberto Giacometti: "Lhomme au doigt (Pointing Man)", 1947 $141.3 million - Christie's New York, May 2015 This spectacular bronze broke the record for the most expensive sculpture ever auctioned. At the same sale, Picasso's "Les Femmes dAlger (Version O)" sold for $179.4 million, becoming the most expensive painting ever sold at auction.10 Most Expensive Sculptures 3. Alberto Giacometti: "Chariot", 1950 $101 million - Sotheby's New York, November 2014 Conceived in 1950 and cast in 1951-52, this example of Giacomett's famous "Chariot" is set apart by its gold patina and exquisitely-painted surface. It is one of only two casts remaining in private hands4. Amedeo Modigliani:"Tte", 1994-12 $59.5 million - Christie's Paris, June 2010One of the 27 sculptures Modigliani ever created (and one of the only ten remaining in private hands), this stone sculpture is the most expensive work of art ever auctioned in France5. Jeff Koons:"Balloon Dog (Orange)", 1994-2000 $58.4 million - Christie's New York, November 2013 Not only a record for the artist, but also a world auc-tion record for a work by a living artist6. Unknown artist: "The Guennol Lioness", c.3000 b.c. $57.2 million - Sotheby's NY, December 5th 2007The Guennol Lioness, a true masterpiece of Ancient Art, was created approximately 5,000 years ago in the region of ancient Mesopotamia. This work is also the 7. Alberto Giacometti: "Grande tte mince", 1955 $53.3 million - Christie's New York, May 2010Giacometti is the king of this list. But, paradoxical-ly, this great bust was sold in the same auction in which a painting by Picasso sold for $106.5 million, dethroning Giacometti as the most expensive artist ever9. Constantin Brancusi: "Madame LR (Portrait de Mme LR)", c.1914-17 $36.8 million - Christie's Paris, Fenruary 24th 2009One of the stars of the so-called "auction of the centu-ry", the sale of the Yves Saint Laurent collection of Art8. Henri Matisse: "Nu de dos, 4 tat (Back IV)", 1958 $48.8 million - Christie's New York, November 2010The auction was the first time in history that a work from the artists celebrated 'Back' series has ever come to auction10. Jeff Koons: "Tulips", 1995-2004 $33.7 million Christie's NY, November 14th 2012"Tulips" is one of five unique versions, the others be-longing to famous institutions like the Guggenheim Bilbao or the Broad Contemporary Art Museum1.Burj Khalifa has redefined what is possible in the design and engineering of supertall buildings. 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