Top 50 artists by auction turnover – H1 2017

Top 50 artists by auction turnover – H1 2017

Artist Turnover
(USD)
Sold lots Highest price
(USD)
1 Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) $280,065,050 1,495 $45,047,500
2 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) $243,763,718 58 $110,487,500
3 Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) $123,953,149 597 $27,500,000
4 ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) $123,206,027 293 $13,145,618
5 Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) $88,458,422 62 $42,264,404
6 Gerhard RICHTER (1932-) $86,959,069 177 $21,608,217
7 Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) $85,356,419 251 $28,247,500
8 Claude MONET (1840-1926) $83,204,310 17 $15,987,500
9 FU Baoshi (1904-1965) $80,137,781 36 $27,451,938
10 HUANG Binhong (1865-1955) $75,704,612 95 $50,577,000
11 Cy TWOMBLY (1928-2011) $74,160,956 33 $52,887,500
12 Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918) $73,718,973 43 $59,004,638
13 ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) $68,889,280 178 $19,611,938
14 Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) $58,503,448 577 $14,583,500
15 WU Guanzhong (1919-2010) $57,913,103 86 $4,804,815
16 Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1957) $57,521,548 3 $57,367,500
17 Joan MIRO (1893-1983) $52,404,129 557 $31,461,029
18 Francis BACON (1909-1992) $52,331,801 40 $51,767,500
19 QI Baishi (1864-1957) $52,035,133 228 $2,809,521
20 Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903) $50,967,322 37 $25,229,423
21 Max BECKMANN (1884-1950) $50,950,308 36 $45,830,765
22 CHEN Rong (1189-1258) $48,967,500 1 $48,967,500
23 Peter DOIG (1959-) $47,163,558 22 $28,810,000
24 Ren MAGRITTE (1898-1967) $46,685,774 63 $17,926,045
25 Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) $46,275,728 58 $22,962,374
26 Jean DUBUFFET (1901-1985) $44,925,672 112 $12,233,637
27 Yayoi KUSAMA (1929-) $41,551,300 257 $5,300,000
28 Rudolf STINGEL (1956-) $41,526,082 20 $10,551,500
29 Henry MOORE (1898-1986) $41,078,517 184 $8,199,500
30 Diego GIACOMETTI (1902-1985) $36,401,822 48 $4,409,751
31 Christopher WOOL (1955-) $35,317,962 31 $17,159,500
32 Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890) $34,581,437 4 $30,861,461
33 Lucio FONTANA (1899-1968) $33,980,676 100 $4,166,590
34 Alexander CALDER (1898-1976) $33,400,302 208 $6,370,969
35 Fernand LGER (1881-1955) $32,752,761 97 $11,447,500
36 LI Keran (1907-1989) $31,895,435 46 $12,897,135
37 Mark GROTJAHN (1968-) $31,795,988 9 $16,767,500
38 SAN Yu (1901-1966) $30,908,890 40 $9,553,218
39 Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) $29,772,186 19 $19,706,138
40 Max ERNST (1891-1976) $29,507,588 208 $15,987,500
41 PAN Tianshou (1897-1971) $29,476,059 24 $23,299,138
42 XU Beihong (1895-1953) $28,966,365 40 $4,223,375
43 Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) $27,911,082 154 $5,209,736
44 Sigmar POLKE (1941-2010) $27,232,554 73 $17,047,500
45 ZHAO Lingrang (XI-) $27,127,500 1 $27,127,500
46 CUI Ruzhuo (1944-) $26,650,109 29 $18,223,920
47 Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) $26,275,452 189 $10,492,709
48 Robert RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008) $25,501,129 143 $12,275,000
49 David HOCKNEY (1937-) $23,817,571 229 $7,887,500
50 Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917) $22,822,449 88 $6,698,888
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Top 50 artists by auction turnover – H1 2017