From Da Vinci to Monet: 16 of the most expensive paintings ever sold
- Claude Monet’s painting, Meules, went for US$107.7 million at auction last week ... yet that’s far behind record price – paid for a work attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
Claude Monet's 1890 oil painting Meules was sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week after only eight minutes for US$110.7 million – a record price for a work by the French Impressionist painter.
Last May, Sotheby’s New York broke its own sales record after selling Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) for US$157.2 million.
However, neither of those paintings even comes close to the top prices paid for some other works of art, such as a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, which was sold for US$450.3 million in 2017.
Check out the 16 most expensive paintings that have been sold at auctions or in private sales.
16. Claude Monet’s Meules
Date sold: March 15, 2019
Price: US$110.7 million
Type of sale: Sotheby’s New York, auction
15. Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948