Adjusted price (in millions) Original price (in millions) Painting Image Artist Year Date of sale Rank at sale Seller Buyer Auction house ~ $303 ~ $300 Interchange de Kooning, Willem! Willem de Kooning 1955 000000002015 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2015 David Geffen Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale $266 + $250 + The Card Players Cezanne, Paul! Paul Cézanne 1892 / 93 000000002011 - 04 - 01 - 0000 April 2011 George Embiricos State of Qatar Private sale $212 $210 Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) Gaugin, Paul! Paul Gauguin 1892 000000002014 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2014 Rudolf Staechelin family State of Qatar Private sale ~ $202 ~ $200 Number 17A Pollock, Jackson! Jackson Pollock 1948 000000002015 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2015 David Geffen Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale $188 $186 (€ 140) No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko 1951 000000002014 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 2014 Cherise Moueix Dmitry Rybolovlev Private sale via Yves Bouvier $182 $180 (€ 160M for pair) Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit Rembrandt! Rembrandt 1634 000000002015 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2015 Éric de Rothschild Rijksmuseum Louvre Private sale $181.2 $179.4 Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O '') Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1955 000000002015 - 05 - 11 - 0000 May 11, 2015 Private collection Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani Christie 's, New York. $172.2 $170.4 Nu Couché Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani 1917 / 18 000000002015 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 2015 6 Laura Mattioli Rossi Liu Yiqian Christie 's, New York. $166.3 $140 No. 5, 1948 Pollock, Jackson! Jackson Pollock 1948 000000002006 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 2006 David Geffen David Martinez Private sale via Sotheby 's $165.0 $165.0 Masterpiece Lichtenstein, Roy! Roy Lichtenstein 1962 January 2017 10 Agnes Gund Steven A. Cohen Private sale $163.4 $137.5 Woman III de Kooning, Willem! Willem de Kooning 1953 000000002006 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 2006 David Geffen Steven A. Cohen Private sale via Larry Gagosian $160.4 $135 Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I Klimt, Gustav! Gustav Klimt 1907 000000002006 - 06 - 18 - 0000 June 18, 2006 Maria Altmann Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie Private sale via Christie 's $159.4 $155 Le Rêve Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1932 000000002013 - 03 - 26 - 0000 March 26, 2013 5 Steve Wynn Steven A. Cohen Private sale $151.2 $82.5 Portrait of Dr. Gachet Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1890 000000001990 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 1990 Siegfried Kramarsky family Ryoei Saito Christie 's, New York $150.0 $150 Adele Bloch - Bauer II Klimt, Gustav! Gustav Klimt 1912 000000002016 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2016 14 Oprah Winfrey unidentified buyer in China Private sale via Larry Gagosian $146.4 $142.4 Three Studies of Lucian Freud Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon 1969 000000002013 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2013 7 Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn Christie 's, New York $143.2 $78.1 Bal du moulin de la Galette Renoir, Pierre - Auguste! Pierre - Auguste Renoir 1876 000000001990 - 05 - 17 - 0000 May 17, 1990 Betsey Whitney Ryoei Saito Sotheby 's, New York $132.1 $104.2 Garçon à la pipe Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1905 000000002004 - 05 - 05 - 0000 May 5, 2004 Greentree foundation (Whitney family) Barilla Group? Sotheby 's, New York $131.1 $127.5 Salvator Mundi Leonardo da Vinci! Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci 1490 - 1519 000000002013 - 05 - 01 - 0000 May 2013 9 Robert Simon Dmitry Rybolovlev Private sale via Yves Bouvier $125.1 $119.9 The Scream Munch, Edvard! Edvard Munch 1895 000000002012 - 05 - 02 - 0000 May 2, 2012 8 Petter Olsen Leon Black Sotheby 's, New York $123 $118 Reclining Nude With Blue Cushion Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani 1917 000000002012 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2012 8 Steven A. Cohen Dmitry Rybolovlev Private sale via Yves Bouvier $120.8 $110.0 Flag Johns, Jasper! Jasper Johns 1954 000000002010 - 03 - 01 - 0000 March 2010 7 Jean - Christophe Castelli Steven A. Cohen Private sale, estimated price $116.9 $106.5 Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1932 000000002010 - 05 - 04 - 0000 May 4, 2010 8 Frances Lasker Brody estate Leonard Blavatnik? Christie 's, New York $115.9 $58 plus exchange of works Portrait of Joseph Roulin Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1889 000000001989 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1989 Private collection, Zürich Museum of Modern Art New York Private sale via Thomas Ammann, Fine Art Zurich $113.6 $53.9 Irises Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1889 000000001987 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 1987 son of Joan Whitney Payson Alan Bond Sotheby 's, New York $113.1 $95.2 Dora Maar au Chat Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1941 000000002006 - 05 - 03 - 0000 May 3, 2006 5 Gidwitz family Boris Ivanishvili Sotheby 's, New York $111.2 $100.0 Eight Elvises Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1963 000000002008 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 2008 10 Annibale Berlingieri Possibly the State of Qatar Private sale via Philippe Ségalot $110.5 $110.5 Untitled Basquiat! Jean - Michel Basquiat 1982 000000002017 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 2017 28 Yusaku Maezawa Sotheby 's, New York $108.7 + $105.7 + (¥ 10,300) Anna 's Light Newman, Barnett! Barnett Newman 1968 000000002013 - 10 - 04 - 0000 October 4, 2013 18 DIC Corp. Private sale $108.4 $105.4 Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1963 000000002013 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2013 20 Sotheby 's, New York $105.1 $71.5 Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1889 000000001998 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 1998 5 Heirs of Jacques Koerfer (de) Christie 's, New York $103 $100 La Montagne Sainte - Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir Cezanne, Paul! Paul Cézanne 1904 000000002013 - 01 - 01 - 0000 2013 20 Edsel and Eleanor Ford House State of Qatar Private sale $102.1 $76.7 (£ 49.5) Massacre of the Innocents Rubens, Peter Paul! Peter Paul Rubens 1611 000000002002 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 2002 6 an Austrian family Kenneth Thomson Sotheby 's, London $96.4 $95.4 Nurse Lichtenstein, Roy! Roy Lichtenstein 1964 000000002015 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 2015 30 Christie 's, New York. $96.0 $86.3 Triptych, 1976 Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon 1976 000000002008 - 05 - 14 - 0000 May 14, 2008 13 Moueix family Roman Abramovich Sotheby 's, New York $95.3 $49.3 (F 300) Les Noces de Pierrette Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1905 000000001989 - 11 - 30 - 0000 November 30, 1989 Fredrik Roos (sv) Tomonori Tsurumaki Binoche et Godeau Paris $95.0 $80.0 False Start Johns, Jasper! Jasper Johns 1959 000000002006 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 2006 11 David Geffen Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale via Richard Gray. $94.5 $57 A Wheatfield with Cypresses Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1889 000000001993 - 05 - 01 - 0000 May 1993 6 son of Emil Georg Bührle Walter H. Annenberg Private sale via Steven Mazoh $92.5 $47.8 Yo, Picasso Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1901 000000001989 - 05 - 09 - 0000 May 9, 1989 Wendell Cherry Stavros Niarchos Sotheby 's, New York $92.4 $80.0 Turquoise Marilyn Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1964 000000002007 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20, 2007 17 Stefan Edlis Steven A. Cohen Private sale via Larry Gagosian $91.1 $70.0 Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page Titian 1533 000000002003 - 11 - 01 - 0000 November 2003 10 AXA insurance company Getty Museum Private sale via Hervé Aaron $90.6 $86.9 Orange, Red, Yellow Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko 1961 000000002012 - 05 - 08 - 0000 May 8, 2012 26 Estate of David Pincus Christie 's, New York $89.6 $80.5 (£ 40.9) Le Bassin aux Nymphéas Monet, Claude! Claude Monet 1919 000000002008 - 06 - 24 - 0000 June 24, 2008 20 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Christie 's, London $87.0 $60.5 Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier Cezanne, Paul! Paul Cézanne 1894 000000001999 - 05 - 10 - 0000 May 10, 1999 9 Whitney Family Sotheby 's, New York $85.1 $84.2 Black Fire I Newman, Barnett! Barnett Newman 1961 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 35 Private Collection Anonymous Christie 's, New York. $84.1 $72.8 White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko 1950 000000002007 - 05 - 15 - 0000 May 15, 2007 19 David Rockefeller, Sr. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al - Thani Sotheby 's, New York $83.6 $39.7 (£ 24.75) Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1888 000000001987 - 03 - 30 - 0000 March 30, 1987 Helen Beatty, daughter - in - law of Chester Beatty Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp. Christie 's, London $82.9 $81.9 Triple Elvis Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1963 000000002014 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2014 40 WestSpiel (de) Christie 's, New York $82.8 $71.7 Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1963 000000002007 - 05 - 16 - 0000 May 16, 2007 21 Private collection, Zürich Philip Niarchos Christie 's, New York $82.8 $81.9 No. 10 Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko 1958 000000002015 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2015 43 Christie 's, New York $81.4 $81.4 Meule Monet Claude! Claude Monet 1891 000000002016 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 2016 49 Christie 's, New York $81.7 $80.8 Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards Bacon, Francis! Francis Bacon 1984 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 39 Private Collection Anonymous Christie 's, New York. ~ $80 ~ $75 (€ 50 - 60) Darmstadt Madonna Holbein, Hans! Hans Holbein 1526 000000002011 - 07 - 12 - 0000 July 12, 2011 29 Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse Reinhold Würth Private sale via Christoph Graf Douglas $78.8 $70.6 (£ 50) Diana and Actaeon Titian 1556 -- 1559 000000002009 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 2009 26 Duke of Sutherland National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London Private sale $78.6 $40.7 Au Lapin Agile Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1904 000000001989 - 11 - 27 - 0000 November 27, 1989 5 daughter of Joan Whitney Payson Walter H. Annenberg Sotheby 's, New York $78.5 $68 The Gross Clinic Eakins, Thomas! Thomas Eakins 1875 000000002007 - 04 - 12 - 0000 April 12, 2007 21 Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Museum of Art Private sale $78.4 $75.1 No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko 1954 000000002012 - 11 - 13 - 0000 November 13, 2012 36 John and Anne Marion Sotheby 's, New York $78.0 $38.5 (£ 20.9) Acrobate et jeune arlequin Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1905 000000001988 - 11 - 28 - 0000 November 28, 1988 Heir of Roger Janssen? Mitsukoshi Christie 's, London $76.5 $55.0 Femme aux Bras Croisés Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1902 000000002000 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 2000 13 McCormick family, Chicago Christie 's, New York $75.7 $69.0 Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Belle Romaine '') Modigliani, Amedeo! Amedeo Modigliani 1917 000000002010 - 11 - 02 - 0000 November 2, 2010 33 Halit Cıngıllıoglu Sotheby 's, New York $75.4 $63.5 Police Gazette de Kooning, Willem! Willem de Kooning 1955 000000002006 - 10 - 12 - 0000 October 12, 2006 20 David Geffen Steven A. Cohen Private sale via Richard Gray. $74.8 $71.7 (£ 45) Diana and Callisto Titian 1556 -- 1559 000000002012 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 2012 38 Duke of Sutherland National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery, London Private sale $71.3 $70.5 Untitled (New York City) Twombly, Cy! Cy Twombly 1968 000000002015 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 2015 61 Family of Sydney M. Irmas Christie 's, New York $71.2 $49.5 Femme assise dans un jardin Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1938 000000001999 - 11 - 10 - 0000 November 10, 1999 13 Robert Saidenberg Sotheby 's, New York $70.9 $47.5 Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1890 000000001997 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1997 12 Steve Wynn Private sale via Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York $70.4 $69.6 Untitled Twombly, Cy! Cy Twombly 1970 000000002014 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2014 55 Nicola del Roscio Christie 's, New York $70.4 $69.6 Four Marlons Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1966 000000002014 - 11 - 12 - 0000 November 12, 2014 55 WestSpiel Christie 's, New York $69.7 $65.5 (¥ 425.5) Eagle Standing on Pine Tree Qi Baishi 1946 000000002011 - 05 - 22 - 0000 May 22, 2011 38 Liu Yiqian Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co China Guardian Auctions $69.6 $63.4 Men in Her Life Warhol, Andy! Andy Warhol 1962 000000002010 - 11 - 08 - 0000 November 8, 2010 37 Jose Mugrabi Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al - Thani Phillips de Pury & Company $68.2 $67.45 La Gommeuse Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1901 000000002015 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2015 63 William I. Koch Sotheby 's, New York. $68.1 $67.4 Buste de femme (Femme à la résille) Picasso, Pablo! Pablo Picasso 1938 000000002015 - 05 - 11 - 0000 May 11, 2015 59 Steve Wynn Joseph Lau Christie 's, New York. $68.0 $35.2 Portrait of a Halberdier Pontormo 1537 000000001989 - 05 - 31 - 0000 May 31, 1989 5 Chauncey Stillman Getty Museum Christie 's, New York $67.0 $66.3 L'Allée des Alyscamps Gogh, Vincent van! Vincent van Gogh 1888 000000002015 - 05 - 05 - 0000 May 5, 2015 60 Sotheby 's, New York $66.3 $66.3 Untitled XXV De Kooning! Willem de Kooning 1977 000000002016 - 11 - 15 - 0000 November 15, 2016 70 Christie 's, New York $67.0 $66.2 Untitled Rothko, Mark! Mark Rothko 1952 000000002014 - 05 - 13 - 0000 May 13, 2014 54 Private Collection Anonymous Christie 's, New York. $66.7 $60.0 Suprematist Composition Malevich, Kazimir! Kazimir Malevich 1916 000000002008 - 11 - 03 - 0000 November 3, 2008 34 Heirs of Kazimir Malevich Sotheby 's, New York $66.1 $62.1 (¥ 402.5) Zhichuan Resettlement Wang Meng 1350 000000002011 - 06 - 04 - 0000 June 4, 2011 42 Beijing Poly Auction $65.9 $65.1 Spring (Le Printemps) Manet, Edouard! Édouard Manet 1881 000000002014 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2014 57 Getty Museum Christie 's, New York
what is the most expensive van gogh painting
Portrait of Dr. Gachet