Monitoringclub.org | What’s the most expensive painting in the world? Making a painting often takes a long time. In addition, each painting is a unique work, has its own meaning, and is original. A work like this is almost impossible to reproduce with the exact same even by the original painter. These reasons make a painting have a fantastic value.
Paintings by well-known painters are generally of very high value in the market. An art lover will not hesitate to spend hundreds or even billions of rupiah to own it.
Then, what’s the most expensive painting in the world? Check the following list.
What’s the most expensive painting in the world?
1. No. 5, 1948
Jackson Pollock is an American painter known for his abstract style. His work is also known to often get a high price at auction. His painting entitled No. 5, 1948 is an abstract work dominated by splashes of yellow and brown paint. This is one of Jackson’s works that has a fantastic price.
The work was once on display at the Museum of Modern Art and was owned by Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr., before being bought by David Geffen. In 2006, Geffen sold the painting to an anonymous buyer for $140 million.
2. Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)
Les Femmes d’Alger is a painting by Pablo Picasso inspired by the horrors of the Algerian war of independence. The painting has 15 versions, where each version is named alphabetically. O is the last version Les Femmes d’Alger which was completed on February 14, 1955.
The Cubism painting was auctioned at Christie’s in May 2015 for an opening price of $100 million. At auction, Les Femmes d’Alger version O sold for 179 million US dollars to an anonymous buyer.
3. No.17A
Another work by the painter Jackson Pollock that is included in the list of the world’s most expensive painting is No.17A. This work, which was completed in 1948, was drawn on the surface of a fiber canvas, painted using oil paints with this technique drip painting which is the hallmark of it.
This painting was originally on display at the Art Institute of Chicago before being auctioned off. In 2015, the David Geffen Foundation sold the painting to American millionaire and art collector Kenneth C. Griffin. He bought the painting for 200 million US dollars.
4. Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)
Paul Gauguin completed the painting named Nafea Faa Ipoipo this is in 1892. The oil painting depicting two Tahitian women was sold by its owner, Rudolf Staechelin, in 2015 for nearly 300 million US dollars.
But in 2017, it was revealed that the actual price of the painting was 210 million dollars. The price difference caused a dispute between Rudolf Staechelin and the auctioneer, Simon de Pury, who participated. The case was serious enough to be brought to court.
5. The Card Players
The Card Players is a masterpiece by Paul Cézanne, in a five-series of the same name. The entire series shows male figures who focus on playing cards. The five post-Impressionist paintings were painted using oil paints and were made between 1890-1895.
Fifth series The Card Players spread all over the world. Four of them are exhibited in museums and art galleries and only one is privately owned. Series The Card Players which ware privately owned, was bought for a high price in 2012. It is said a Qatari family bought the painting for $250 million.
6. Interchange
Interchange is a painting by Willem De Kooning, an American painter from the Netherlands, who is known for changing his painting style. Interchange completed in 1955, and immediately sold for $4,000 to an architect named Edgar Kaufmann Jr.
In 1956, this work, along with other abstract and expressionist paintings, became a hot topic of discussion in the art community. But Willem De Kooning’s work in particular attracted the interest and attention of art critics.
Interchange changed hands several times, before finally being bought by a collector named Kenneth C. Griffin. Kenneth bought it privately in 2015 for $300 million. This makes this oil painting the world’s most expensive painting until 2017. It is currently on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago for exhibition.
7. Salvator Mundi
Painting named Salvator Mundi beat Interchange and became the most expensive painting in the world since 2017. Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece sold for US$450 million at an auction organized by Christie’s in November 2017.
This painting experienced some controversy. Some of these have been about their value being criticized by curators, and others have been about the alleged existence of parts of the painting that were not painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Salvator Mundi depicts the figure of Jesus Christ with one hand holding a glass ball, and the other hand blessing the world. Times of Israel reported that the person who bought the painting was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
One of the reasons why painting has such a high price is that there is only one in the world and it is almost impossible to make an exact match, even by the original painter. From the list of the most expensive paintings in the world just now, which one appeals to you the most?
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