What is the highest price paid for a painting?

Answer 1

The highest price paid recently at auction for an American painter was a Mark Rothko painting sold for $72,840,000 on May 15, 2007. The painting is 'White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavendar on Rose)'.

The highest price to date was 104 million dollars in 2004 for Picasso's Garçon à la pipe, painted in 1905.

Answer 2

The most expensive Monet painting sold was auctioned off at a final amount of L 19.8 million (nineteen point eight million British pounds) to an anonymous telephone bidder. It took place at Sotheby's in London, England in 1998 Answer 2: New record set in June 2008. Monet's 'Bassin aux nymphéas' was sold at Sotheby's for 41 million pounds.

Answer 3

The "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci is insured for $700 Million US Dollars (inflation adjusted), however it has never 'sold' so that price is speculative. The highest price paid for any painting sold was $149 Million US Dollars (inflation adjusted) for "No.5 1948" by Jackson Pollock.

Answer 4

Garçon à la Pipe, $104,100,000 in 2004. It was painted in 1905.

Answer 5

Danseuse au repos, was sold in November 2008 for $37,042,500.

Answer 6

The Card Players, by Paul Cezanne, was auctioned off at 250 million dollars making it the most expensive painting in history.