While art is an expression of creativity, it is also one of the most expensive forms of investment. Let’s have a look at the most expensive paintings in the world, their artists and their prices.
This painting by Leonardo da Vinci known as Salvator Mundi or Saviour of the World was sold for $450.3 million to an anonymous buyer in 2017, making it the world’s most expensive artwork.
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This abstract expressionist oil painting on a canvas by Willem de Kooning painted in 1955 was sold for $300 million in 2015 to Kenneth C. Griffin, making it the most expensive painting at the time.
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This is a series of oil paintings by Paul Cézanne painted during the early 1890s. One version of The Card Players was sold to the Royal Family of Qatar in 2011 for an undisclosed price in the range of $250-300 million.
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Known as “When Will You Marry?”, this oil painting of two Tahitian women by Paul Gauguin was sold in 2015 to Qatar’s Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani for around $210 million.
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This abstract expressionist painting by Jackson Pollock painted in 1948 was also sold to Kenneth C. Griffin in 2015 for $200 million. It is an oil painting on a fiberboard.
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