Ingatkan salah satu lukisan yang termahal di dunia adalah lukisan Monalisa tu kan??? Sebab lukisan tu sangat "cliche" dan "famous"...kat mana2 tempat, kat mana2 filem, kat mana2lah mesti ada lukisan Monalisa tu terselit... tapi sebenarnya... lukisan Monalisa tu tak tersenarai pun dalam Daftar 10 Lukisan Termahal di Dunia yang pernah laku terjual tau "uols"...Sebaliknya... menurut laman web The Art Wolf ini adalah senarai lukisan2 yang termahal di dunia pada masa kini serta terkini...
PAUL CEZANNE - The Card Players, 1892/93
$250 Million
Private sale, 2011. Seller: George Embiricos. Buyer: Royal Family of Qatar.
This is the last version of this famous composition by Paul Cezanne still in private hands. The fabulous psychological intensity in the faces of the players make this painting a masterpiece of post-impressionist art.
PABLO PICASSO - La Reve (The Dream), 1932
$155 Million
Private sale, 2013. Seller: Steve Wynn. Buyer: Steven A.Cohen
"La Reve (The Dream)" is one of Picasso's most sensual and famous paintings, depicting her lover Marie-Theresa Walter sitting on a red armchair with her eyes closed. In 2006, Steve Wynn agreed to sell the painting to Steven Cohen for $139 million, but the sale was cancelled when Mr. Wynn accidentally damaged the work.
JACKSON POLLOCK - Number 5, 1948, 1948
$140 Million
Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Unknown (rumoured to be Mexican businessman David Martinez). Right now, this stunning "drip" by Jackson Pollock is the most expensive contemporary painting ever sold, though the exact price was never confirmed (but the price displayed here is generally accepted to be true). The exorbitant sum demonstrates not only the strength of the Art market, but also the increasing interest for the contemporary works of Art.
WILLEM DE KOONING - Woman III, 1952-53
$137.5 Million
Private sale, 2006. Seller: David Geffen. Buyer: Steven Cohen.
This painting is the only "Woman" by Willem de Kooning still in private hands. One of this women- described by T.Hess as "black goddessess"- has been chosen by the artwolf.com as one or the 50 masterworks of the history of painting.
GUSTAV KLIMT - Adele Bloch-bauer I, 1907
$135 Million
Private sale, 2006. Buyer: Ronald Lauder.
The acquisition of this iconic work by cosmetic magnate Ronald Lauder caused a shock in the Art world, not only for the spectacular sum paid for it, but also for the way it was sold, far away from the noisy auction houses. The painting was part of a group of five canvases which had been recently returned to the heirs of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. The Nazis confiscated his paintings during the World War II, and after the war, the canvases were placed at the National Gallery of Austria in 1948.
EDVARD MUNCH - The Scream, 1895
$119.9 Million
Sotheby's New York, May 2012. Buyer: Anonymous.
The iconic work is the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The work is the most colourful of the four versions of Edvard Munch's masterpiece 'The Scream', and the only one still in private hands.
JASPER JOHNS - Flag, 1958
$110 Million
Private sale, 2010. Buyer: Steven Cohen
"Flags" are Jasper Johns most famous works. The artist painted his first American flag in 1954-55, a work now at the MoMA.
PABLO PICASSO - Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, 1932
$106.5 Million
Christie's New York, May 2010. Buyer: Anonymous.
This sensual and colourful masterpiece the most expensive work by Picasso ever sold at auction. The work, formerly in the collection of Mrs. Sidney F.Brody, had never been exhibited in public since 1961.
PABLO PICASSO - Garcon a la Pipe, 1904
$104.1 Million
Sotheby's New York, May 2004. Buyer: Anonymous.
The sale of this young smoker was a milestone in the Art auctions world. It broke the record that Vincent van Gogh held since 1990, and it was the first time that the $100 million barrier was broken. Although the name of the buyer was not revealed, some sources says that he could be Guido Barilla, the Italian pasta magnate.
ANDY WARHOL - Eight Elvises, 1963
$100 Million
Private sale, 2008. Buyer: Anonymous.
This unique work by Warhol, measuring over 12 feet long, had been at the collection of Roman collector Annibale Berlingieri for over 40 years. It surpassed the previous world record for a work by Warhol, the $71.7 million paid at Christie's New York in 2007 for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)".
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