| Rank |
Artist |
Artwork |
Price ($) |
Auction date |
Auction house |
| 1 |
Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) |
Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) (1917) |
157,159,000 |
14 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 2 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Fillette la corbeille fleurie (1905) |
115,000,000 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 3 |
Edward HOPPER (1882-1967) |
Chop Suey (1929) |
91,875,000 |
13 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 4 |
David HOCKNEY (b. 1937) |
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (1972) |
90,312,500 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 5 |
Kasimir MALEVICH (1878-1935) |
Suprematist Composition (1916) |
85,812,500 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 6 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Nymphéas en fleur (c.1914-1917) |
84,687,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 7 |
Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) |
Odalisque couchée aux magnolias (1923) |
80,750,000 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 8 |
Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1957) |
La jeune fille sophistiquée (Portrait de Nancy Cunard) (1928) |
71,000,000 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 9 |
Willem DE KOONING (1904-1997) |
Woman as Landscape (1954-1955) |
68,937,500 |
13 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 10 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (1937) |
68,702,214 |
28 Feb 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 11 |
ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) |
Juin-Octobre 1985 (1985) |
65,204,489 |
30 Sep 2018 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong |
| 12 |
SU Shi (1037-1101) |
Wood and rock |
59,206,820 |
26 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s Hong Kong |
| 13 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
La Dormeuse (1932) |
57,829,046 |
8 Mar 2018 |
Phillips London |
| 14 |
Jackson POLLOCK (1912-1956) |
Composition with Red Strokes (1950) |
55,437,500 |
13 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 15 |
Francis BACON (1909-1992) |
Study for Portrait (1977) |
49,812,500 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 16 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Flexible (1984) |
45,315,000 |
17 May 2018 |
Phillips New York |
| 17 |
PAN Tianshou (1897-1971) |
View From the Peek (1963) |
41,392,525 |
20 Nov 2018 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 18 |
Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890) |
Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle Saint-Paul de Mausole (1889) |
39,687,500 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 19 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Double Elvis [Ferus Type] (1963) |
37,000,000 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 20 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Le repos (1932) |
36,920,500 |
14 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 21 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Buste de femme de profil (Femme écrivant) (1932) |
35,974,916 |
19 Jun 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 22 |
Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970) |
Untitled (Rust, Blacks on Plum) (1962) |
35,712,500 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 23 |
Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903) |
La Vague (1888) |
35,187,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 24 |
Jackson POLLOCK (1912-1956) |
Number 32, 1949 (1949) |
34,098,000 |
16 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 25 |
Georges Pierre SEURAT (1859-1891) |
La rade de Grandcamp (Le port de Grandcamp) (1885) |
34,062,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 26 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
La Gare Saint-Lazare, vue extérieure (1877) |
32,960,961 |
20 Jun 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 27 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Extérieur de la gare Saint-Lazare, effet de soleil (1877) |
32,937,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 28 |
Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932) |
Abstraktes Bild (1987) |
32,000,000 |
14 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 29 |
Juan GRIS (1887-1927) |
La table de musicien (1914) |
31,812,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 30 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Le bassin aux nymphéas (1917-1919) |
31,812,500 |
11 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 31 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Six Self Portraits (1986) |
31,414,491 |
6 Mar 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 32 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Flesh And Spirit (1982/83) |
30,711,000 |
16 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 33 |
Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970) |
No. 7 (Dark Over Light) (1954) |
30,687,500 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 34 |
Lucian FREUD (1922-2011) |
Portrait on a White Cover (2002/03) |
29,732,780 |
26 Jun 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 35 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
La Lampe (1931) |
29,562,500 |
11 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 36 |
David HOCKNEY (b. 1937) |
Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica (1990) |
28,453,000 |
16 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 37 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Most Wanted Men No. 11, John Joseph H., Jr (1964) |
28,437,500 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 38 |
Ren MAGRITTE (1898-1967) |
Le principe du plaisir (1937) |
26,830,500 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 39 |
Francis BACON (1909-1992) |
Figure in Movement (1972) |
25,918,362 |
4 Oct 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 40 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Untitled (Pollo Frito) (1982) |
25,701,500 |
14 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 41 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme dans un fauteuil (Dora Maar) (1942) |
25,539,921 |
20 Jun 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 42 |
Egon SCHIELE (1890-1918) |
Dämmernde stadt (Die kleine stadt ii) (1913) |
24,572,500 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 43 |
Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) |
Improvisation auf mahagoni (1910) |
24,233,800 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 44 |
Richard DIEBENKORN (1922-1993) |
Ocean Park #126 (1984) |
23,937,500 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 45 |
ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) |
Et la terre était sans forme (1956-1957) |
23,305,301 |
29 Mar 2018 |
Poly Auction Hong Kong |
| 46 |
Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) |
Zum thema jngstes gericht (1913) |
22,879,000 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 47 |
Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) |
Play-Doh (1994-2014) |
22,812,500 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 48 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Le matador (1970) |
22,780,091 |
28 Feb 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 49 |
Joan MIRO (1893-1983) |
Femme dans la nuit (1945) |
22,590,000 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Phillips New York |
| 50 |
Richard DIEBENKORN (1922-1993) |
Ocean Park #137 (1985) |
22,587,500 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 51 |
ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) |
14/12/59 (1959) |
22,525,369 |
26 May 2018 |
Christie’s Hong Kong |
| 52 |
Ernst Ludwig KIRCHNER (1880-1938) |
Das soldatenbad (Artillerymen) (1915) |
21,975,800 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 53 |
Joan MIRO (1893-1983) |
Femme entendant de la musique (1945) |
21,687,500 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 54 |
Francis BACON (1909-1992) |
Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing (1969) |
21,687,500 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 55 |
CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) |
Snowy mountains (2017) |
21,533,175 |
3 Oct 2018 |
China Guardian Hong Kong |
| 56 |
Lucio FONTANA (1899-1968) |
Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1963) |
21,184,619 |
4 Oct 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 57 |
Jasper JOHNS (b. 1930) |
Gray Rectangles (1957) |
21,125,000 |
13 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 58 |
Kerry James MARSHALL (b. 1955) |
Past Times (1997) |
21,114,500 |
16 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 59 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Discography Two (1983) |
20,900,000 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 60 |
Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) |
Le rond rouge (1939) |
20,621,000 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 61 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Matinée sur la Seine (1896) |
20,550,000 |
14 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 62 |
Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) |
Nu allongé I (Aurore) (1907) |
20,528,006 |
8 Mar 2018 |
Phillips London |
| 63 |
Oskar KOKOSCHKA (1886-1980) |
Joseph de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1910) |
20,395,200 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 64 |
Franz MARC (1880-1916) |
Drei Pferde (1912) |
20,345,193 |
20 Jun 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 65 |
Joan MIRO (1893-1983) |
Mural I/ Mural II/ Mural III (1933) |
20,000,000 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 66 |
Peter DOIG (b. 1959) |
The Architect’s Home In the Ravine (1991) |
19,958,612 |
7 Mar 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 67 |
LI Keran (1907-1989) |
Tousands of mountains (1978) |
19,649,625 |
18 Jun 2018 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 68 |
Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903) |
Fleurs dans un vase (1886-1895) |
19,437,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 69 |
Fernand LEGER (1881-1955) |
Le grand déjeuner (1921) |
19,437,500 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 70 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Untitled (1982) |
19,422,139 |
26 Jun 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 71 |
FU Baoshi (1904-1965) |
Inspired by Mao Tse-tung’s Lyrics (1958) |
19,206,130 |
20 Nov 2018 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 72 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Mousquetaire et nu assis (1967) |
19,111,296 |
27 Feb 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 73 |
Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970) |
Untitled (1969) |
18,856,500 |
16 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 74 |
QIAN Weicheng (1720-1772) |
River Qingxi in Mists […] |
18,702,730 |
3 Apr 2018 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong |
| 75 |
Alexander CALDER (1898-1976) |
21 Feuilles Blanches (1953) |
17,975,000 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 76 |
Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) |
Le Chat (1951) |
17,187,500 |
11 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 77 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Multiflavors (1982) |
16,728,820 |
6 Mar 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 78 |
Maurice DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958) |
Paysage au bois mort (Ramasseur de bois mort) (1906) |
16,669,500 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 79 |
Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) |
Le chat (1951) |
16,647,567 |
19 Jun 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 80 |
Auguste RODIN (1840-1917) |
Baiser, moyen modèle dit Taille de la Porte (1890) |
16,634,673 |
20 Jun 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 81 |
Joan MITCHELL (1926-1992) |
Blueberry (1969) |
16,625,000 |
17 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 82 |
Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932) |
Abstraktes Bild (1991) |
16,563,000 |
16 May 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 83 |
WU Guanzhong (1919-2010) |
Two swallows |
16,374,183 |
6 Dec 2018 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 84 |
CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) |
Poem in seal script |
16,076,966 |
15 Jun 2018 |
Beijing Council Beijing |
| 85 |
FU Baoshi (1904-1965) |
The song of the pipa player |
16,076,966 |
17 Jun 2018 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 86 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Jeune fille dans le jardin de Giverny (1888) |
16,062,500 |
11 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 87 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
La Seine à Lavacourt (1879) |
15,837,500 |
8 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 88 |
Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) |
La Clairière (1950) |
15,781,250 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 89 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Effet de neige à Giverny (1893) |
15,500,000 |
11 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 90 |
Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) |
Untitled (1990) |
15,218,750 |
15 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 91 |
Peter DOIG (b. 1959) |
Charley’s Space (1991) |
15,166,515 |
6 Mar 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 92 |
Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932) |
Gelbgrün (Yellow-Green) (1982) |
15,099,736 |
7 Mar 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 93 |
Andr DERAIN (1880-1954) |
Bateaux à Collioure (1905) |
14,996,681 |
28 Feb 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 94 |
David HOCKNEY (b. 1937) |
Double East Yorkshire (1998) |
14,939,252 |
26 Jun 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 95 |
ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) |
22/07/64 (1964) |
14,811,283 |
24 Nov 2018 |
Christie’s Wanchai |
| 96 |
Lucas VAN LEYDEN (1494-1533) |
A young man standing |
14,598,946 |
4 Dec 2018 |
Christie’s London |
| 97 |
Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) |
Untitled (2007) |
14,472,784 |
7 Mar 2018 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 98 |
Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) |
Odalisque, mains dans le dos (1923) |
14,375,000 |
15 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 99 |
Willem DE KOONING (1904-1997) |
Untitled XIX (1982) |
14,262,500 |
9 May 2018 |
Christie’s New York |
| 100 |
Ludwig MEIDNER (1884-1966) |
Apokalyptische landschaft – Junger mann mit strohhut (1912) |
14,072,800 |
12 Nov 2018 |
Sotheby’s New York |
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