| Rank |
Artist |
Artwork |
Price ($) |
Date |
Auction house |
| 1 |
Leonardo DA VINCI (1452-1519) |
Salvator Mundi (c.1500) |
450,312,500 |
15 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 2 |
QI Baishi (1864-1957) |
Screens of landscapes) (1925) |
140,954,580 |
17 Dec. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 3 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Untitled (1982) |
110,487,500 |
18 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 4 |
Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890) |
Laboureur dans un champ (1889) |
81,312,500 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 5 |
Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) |
Contraste de formes (1913) |
70,062,500 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 6 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Sixty Last Suppers (1986) |
60,875,000 |
15 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 7 |
Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918) |
Bauerngarten (1907) |
59,004,638 |
1 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 8 |
Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1957) |
La muse endormie (1913) |
57,367,500 |
15 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 9 |
Cy TWOMBLY (1928-2011) |
Leda and the Swan (1962) |
52,887,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 10 |
Francis BACON (1909-1992) |
Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer (1963) |
51,767,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 11 |
HUANG Binhong (1865-1955) |
Yellow mountain |
50,577,000 |
19 Jun. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 12 |
CHEN Rong (1189-1258) |
Six Dragons |
48,967,500 |
15 Mar. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 13 |
Cy TWOMBLY (1928-2011) |
Untitled (2005) |
46,437,500 |
15 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 14 |
Max BECKMANN (1884-1950) |
Hölle der Vögel (1937-1938) |
45,830,765 |
27 Jun. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 15 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme assise, robe bleue (1939) |
45,047,500 |
15 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 16 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme écrivant (Marie-Thérèse) (1934) |
44,405,117 |
27 Jun. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 17 |
Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) |
Bild mit weissen linien (Painting with white lines) (1913) |
42,264,404 |
21 Jun. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 18 |
Francis BACON (1909-1992) |
Three Studies of George Dyer (1966) |
38,614,000 |
16 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 19 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme accroupie (Jacqueline) (1954) |
36,875,000 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 20 |
CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) |
Screens of finger ink landscapes (2017) |
36,543,780 |
17 Dec. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 21 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
La Hara (1981) |
34,967,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 22 |
Francesco GUARDI (1712-1793) |
Venice: the Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi |
33,877,824 |
6 Jul. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 23 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Mao (1972) |
32,404,500 |
16 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 24 |
Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970) |
Saffron (1957) |
32,375,000 |
15 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 25 |
WU Changshuo (1844-1927) |
Screens of florae |
31,671,276 |
17 Dec. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 26 |
Joan MIRO (1893-1983) |
Femme et oiseaux (1940) |
31,461,029 |
21 Jun. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 27 |
Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890) |
Le moissonneur (d’après Millet) (1889) |
30,861,461 |
27 Jun. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 28 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme assise dans un fauteuil (1917-1920) |
30,487,500 |
15 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 29 |
Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) |
Grande femme II (1960) |
29,497,454 |
19 Oct. 2017 |
Christie’s Paris |
| 30 |
ZHAO Mengfu (1254-1322) |
The heart sutra |
28,886,988 |
17 Dec. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 31 |
Peter DOIG (b. 1959) |
Rosedale (1991) |
28,810,000 |
18 May. 2017 |
Phillips New York |
| 32 |
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) |
Les amoureux (1928) |
28,453,000 |
14 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 33 |
Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) |
Red and White Brushstrokes (1965) |
28,247,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 34 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Big Campbell’s Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable) (1962) |
27,500,000 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 35 |
FU Baoshi (1904-1965) |
The majestic mount Mao (1965) |
27,451,938 |
5 Jun. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 36 |
Cy TWOMBLY (1928-2011) |
Sunset (1957) |
27,312,500 |
15 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 37 |
ZHAO Lingrang (b. XI) |
Willows and Geese |
27,127,500 |
15 Mar. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 38 |
LI Keran (1907-1989) |
Sacred place of Revolution Mount Shao (1974) |
26,972,790 |
17 Dec. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 39 |
Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) |
Murnau – landschaft mit grünem haus (1909) |
26,851,589 |
21 Jun. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 40 |
FU Baoshi (1904-1965) |
The song of the Pipa player (1945) |
26,259,722 |
28 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s Hong Kong |
| 41 |
ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) |
29/01/64 (1964) |
25,944,956 |
25 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s Hong Kong |
| 42 |
Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903) |
Te Fare (La maison) (1892) |
25,229,423 |
28 Feb. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 43 |
Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) |
Female Head (1977) |
24,501,500 |
16 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 44 |
Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) |
Nude Sunbathing (1995) |
24,000,000 |
18 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 45 |
Joseph Mallord William TURNER (1775-1851) |
Ehrenbreitstein |
23,940,044 |
5 Jul. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 46 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Matinée sur la Seine (1897) |
23,375,000 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 47 |
Joan MIRO (1893-1983) |
Peinture (1933) |
23,375,000 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 48 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Les glaçons, Bennecourt (1893) |
23,372,500 |
14 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 49 |
PAN Tianshou (1897-1971) |
After plough |
23,299,138 |
19 Jun. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 50 |
Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) |
Grande figure (1948) |
22,962,374 |
21 Jun. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 51 |
CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) |
Sound of lotus (2013) |
22,661,310 |
3 Oct. 2017 |
Poly Auction Hong Kong |
| 52 |
CHEN Yifei (1946-2005) |
Warm spring in the jade pavilion (1993) |
22,640,280 |
19 Dec. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 53 |
SHEN Zhou (1427-1509) |
Presented to Wu Kuan |
22,426,070 |
18 Dec. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 54 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Buste de femme au chapeau (1939) |
21,679,000 |
14 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 55 |
Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932) |
Eisberg (1982) |
21,608,217 |
8 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 56 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Red Skull (1982) |
21,594,014 |
6 Oct. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 57 |
Kasimir Sevrinovitch MALEVICH (1878-1935) |
Suprematist Composition with Plane in Projection (1915) |
21,162,500 |
16 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 58 |
Peter DOIG (b. 1959) |
Red House (1995-1996) |
21,127,500 |
16 Nov. 2017 |
Phillips New York |
| 59 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Plant de tomates (1944) |
20,951,513 |
1 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 60 |
René MAGRITTE (1898-1967) |
L’empire des lumières (1949) |
20,562,500 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 61 |
CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) |
Miles flat spreading and snow full the sky (2016) |
20,230,800 |
4 Jun. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 62 |
Peter DOIG (b. 1959) |
Camp Forestia (1996) |
20,125,811 |
6 Oct. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 63 |
Franz KLINE (1910-1962) |
Light Mechanic (1960) |
20,000,000 |
15 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 64 |
ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) |
Landscape after Dong Yuan (1946) |
19,992,233 |
18 Dec. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 65 |
Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) |
Portrait de Baranowski (1918) |
19,706,138 |
1 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 66 |
ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) |
29/09/64 (1964) |
19,611,938 |
27 May. 2017 |
Christie’s Hong Kong |
| 67 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Les arceaux de roses, Giverny (1913) |
19,421,000 |
14 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 68 |
XU Wei (1521-1593) |
Natural sketches |
19,209,928 |
18 Dec. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 69 |
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) |
Last Supper (1986) |
18,727,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 70 |
CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) |
Rain in the Autumn (2010) |
18,223,920 |
3 Apr. 2017 |
Poly Auction Hong Kong |
| 71 |
René MAGRITTE (1898-1967) |
La corde sensible (1960) |
17,926,045 |
28 Feb. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 72 |
Édouard VUILLARD (1868-1940) |
Misia et Vallotton à Villeneuve (1899) |
17,750,000 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 73 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Jim Crow (1986) |
17,680,936 |
20 Oct. 2017 |
Christie’s Paris |
| 74 |
LI Gonglin (1049-1106) |
Treaty of Bianqiao |
17,607,500 |
15 Mar. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 75 |
Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) |
Untitled (1988) |
17,159,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 76 |
HAN Gan (0706-0783) |
Horse |
17,047,500 |
15 Mar. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 77 |
Sigmar POLKE (1941-2010) |
Frau mit Butterbrot (1964) |
17,047,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 78 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme nue assise (1965) |
16,800,263 |
1 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 79 |
Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) |
Untitled (S III Released to France Face 43.14) (2011) |
16,767,500 |
17 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 80 |
Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) |
Les régates de Nice (1921) |
16,625,000 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 81 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Figure (de femme inspirée par la guerre d’Espagne) (1937) |
16,093,750 |
13 Nov. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 82 |
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) |
Le grand cirque (1956) |
16,034,000 |
14 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 83 |
Max ERNST (1891-1976) |
Le roi jouant avec la reine (1944) |
15,987,500 |
16 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 84 |
Claude MONET (1840-1926) |
Le bassin aux nymphéas (c.1917/20) |
15,987,500 |
16 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 85 |
LI Keran (1907-1989) |
Magnificent Mountains with Gushy Cascades (1978) |
15,639,243 |
2 Oct. 2017 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong |
| 86 |
Peter DOIG (b. 1959) |
Cobourg 3 + 1 More (1994) |
15,515,147 |
7 Mar. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 87 |
Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932) |
Abstraktes Bild (1991) |
15,425,000 |
18 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 88 |
ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) |
Kuan Yin of the water moon (1943) |
15,298,404 |
18 Dec. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 89 |
Francis BACON (1909-1992) |
Head with Raised Arm (1955) |
14,987,098 |
6 Oct. 2017 |
Christie’s London |
| 90 |
Norman Perceval ROCKWELL (1894-1978) |
Two Plumbers (1951) |
14,975,000 |
23 May. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 91 |
QI Baishi (1864-1957) |
Eagle and rock |
14,950,713 |
18 Dec. 2017 |
China Guardian Beijing |
| 92 |
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) |
Femme assise dans un fauteuil sur fond blanc (1953) |
14,863,013 |
1 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 93 |
Louise BOURGEOIS (1911-2010) |
Spider Iv (1996) |
14,679,200 |
16 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 94 |
Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) |
Untitled (One Eyed Man Or Xerox Face) (1982) |
14,607,319 |
8 Mar. 2017 |
Sotheby’s London |
| 95 |
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) |
Les trois cierges (1939) |
14,583,500 |
15 May. 2017 |
Christie’s New York |
| 96 |
TANG Yin (1470-1523) |
Moon and spring water |
13,921,440 |
17 Dec. 2017 |
Poly International Beijing |
| 97 |
René MAGRITTE (1898-1967) |
Le banquet (1955/57) |
13,626,000 |
14 Nov. 2017 |
Sotheby’s New York |
| 98 |
ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) |
Mask Series 1996 No. 6 (1996) |
13,516,074 |
3 Apr. 2017 |
Poly Auction Hong Kong |
| 99 |
ZHU Yuanzhi (1906-1963) |
Wheels: Industrial New York (1932) |
13,478,906 |
30 Sep. 2017 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong |
| 100 |
ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) |
Ancient temples amidst clouds (1965) |
13,145,618 |
30 May. 2017 |
Christie’s Hong Kong |
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