Adjusted Original price Date of Rank at price (in Painting Artist Year Seller Buyer Auction house (in millions) sale sale millions) George $254 $250 +[note 2] The Card Players Paul Cézanne 1892/93 2011 1 Embiricos Royal Family of Qatar Private sale Private sale via $159.4 $140 No. 5, 1948 Jackson Pollock 1948 02/11/2006 1 David Geffen Sotheby's Private sale via $156.5 $137.5 Woman III Willem de Kooning 1953 18/11/2006 2 David Geffen Steven A. Cohen Larry Gagosian Ronald Lauder, Neue Private sale via $152.6 $135 Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Gustav Klimt 1907 18/06/2006 1 Maria Altmann Galerie Christie's $146.5 Siegfried Christie's, New $82.5 Portrait of Dr. Gachet Vincent van Gogh 1890 15/05/1990 1 Kramarsky family Ryoei Saito York Pierre-Auguste Sotheby's, New $138.7 $78.1 Bal du moulin de la Galette Renoir 1876 17/05/1990 2 Betsey Whitney Ryoei Saito York Greentree $126.4 foundation Sotheby's, New $104.2 Garçon à la pipe Pablo Picasso 1905 04/05/2004 3 (Whitney family) Barilla Group? York[10] Sotheby's, New $119.9 $119.9 The Scream Edvard Munch 1895 02/05/2012 8 Petter Olsen York Frances Lasker Christie's, New $112.0 $106.5 Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Pablo Picasso 1932 04/05/2010 7 Brody estate York[11] Private sale via $58 plus Thomas $108 ++ exchange of Private collection, Museum of Modern Ammann, Fine works Portrait of Joseph Roulin Vincent van Gogh 1889 01/08/1989 1 Zürich Art New York Art Zurich Sotheby's, New $107.9 $95.2 Dora Maar au Chat Pablo Picasso 1941 03/05/2006 4 Gidwitz family Boris Ivanishvili York[14] $107.2 son of Joan Sotheby's, New $53.9 Irises Vincent van Gogh 1889 11/11/1987 1 Whitney Payson Alan Bond York $105.9 Annibale Private sale via $100.0 Eight Elvises Andy Warhol 1963 2008-10 10 Berlingieri Philippe Ségalot Christie's, New $100.1 $87.9 Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II Gustav Klimt 1912 02/11/2006 9 Maria Altmann York Heirs of Jacques Christie's, New $100.0 $71.5 Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe Vincent van Gogh 1889 19/11/1998 5 Koerfer York Sotheby's, $97.7 $76.7 (£49.5) Massacre of the Innocents Peter Paul Rubens 1611 10/07/2002 6 an Austrian family Kenneth Thomson London $91.4 Moueix Family, Sotheby's, New $86.3 Triptych, 1976 Francis Bacon 1976 14/05/2008 13 Château Pétrus[16] Roman Abramovich York[18] Private sale via $90.9 $80.0 False Start Jasper Johns 1959 12/10/2006 10 David Geffen Kenneth C. Griffin Richard Gray son of Emil Private sale via $90.7 $57 A Wheatfield with Cypresses Vincent van Gogh 1889 1993-05 5 Georg Bührle Walter H. Annenberg Steven Mazoh Binoche et $89.9 $49.3 (F300) Les Noces de Pierrette Pablo Picasso 1905 30/11/1989 3 Fredrik Roos Tomonori Tsurumaki Godeau Paris Sotheby's, New $88.7 $47.85 Yo, Picasso Pablo Picasso 1901 09/05/1989 2 Wendell Cherry Stavros Niarchos York Private sale via $88.3 Larry $80.0 Turquoise Marilyn Andy Warhol 1964 20/05/2007 17 Stefan Edlis Steven A. Cohen Gagosian[20] Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, $87.0 Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with AXA insurance Private sale via $70.0 a Page Titian 1533 2003-11 10 company Getty Museum Hervé Aaron J. Irwin and Xenia Christie's, $84.5 $80.5 (£40.9) Le Bassin aux Nymphéas Claude Monet 1919 24/06/2008 20 S. Miller London Sotheby's, New $83.5 $60.5 Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier Paul Cézanne 1894 10/05/1999 9 Whitney Family York $81.2 daughter-in-law Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Christie's, $39.7 (£24.75) Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh 1888 30/03/1987 1 of Chester Beatty Comp. London White Center (Yellow, Pink and David Sheikh Hamad bin Sotheby's, New $80.4 $72.8 Lavender on Rose) Mark Rothko 1950 15/05/2007 21 Rockefeller, Sr. Khalifa Al-Thani[24] York[25] Green Car Crash (Green Private collection, Christie's, New $79.1 $71.7 Burning Car I) Andy Warhol 1963 16/05/2007 22 Zürich Philip Niarchos York[26] National Galleries of $76.4 Duke of Scotland & National $70.6 (£50) Diana and Actaeon Titian 1556–1559 01/02/2009 26 Sutherland Gallery, London Private sale Donatus, Private sale via $76.2 $75 (€50-60) Hereditary Prince Christoph Graf [note 12] Darmstadt Madonna Hans Holbein 1526 12/07/2011 27 of Hesse Reinhold Würth Douglas[30] Thomas $75.5 Jefferson Philadelphia Museum $68 The Gross Clinic Thomas Eakins 1875 12/04/2007 21 University of Art Private sale.[31] $74.2 daughter of Joan Sotheby's, New $40.7 Au Lapin Agile Pablo Picasso 1904 27/11/1989 5 Whitney Payson Walter H. Annenberg York heir of Roger Christie's, $73.5 $38.5 (£20.9) Acrobate et jeune Arlequin Pablo Picasso 1905 28/11/1988 3 Janssen? Mitsukoshi London McCormick family, Christie's, New $72.5 $55.0 Femme aux Bras Croisés Pablo Picasso 1902 08/11/2000 13 Chicago York[33] Nude Sitting on a Divan ("La Sotheby's, New $72.3 $69.0 Belle Romaine") Amedeo Modigliani 1917 02/11/2010 32 Halit Cingillioğlu[34] York[35] Private sale via $72.2 Richard Gray $63.5 Police Gazette Willem de Kooning 1955 12/10/2006 20 David Geffen Steven A. Cohen Gallery Christie's, New $68.7 [37] $48.4 Le Rêve Pablo Picasso 1932 10/11/1997 11 Ganz family Wolfgang Flöttl York. Private sale via Acquavella $67.9 Peasant Woman Against a Galleries Inc., $47.5 Background of Wheat Vincent van Gogh 1890 1997 11 Stephen Wynn New York[38] Robert Sotheby's, New $67.6 $49.6 Femme assise dans un jardin Pablo Picasso 1938 10/11/1999 15 Saidenberg York Hunan TV & $66.5 Broadcast China Guardian $65.5 (¥425.5) Eagle Standing on Pine Tree[40] Qi Baishi 1946 22/05/2011 37 Liu Yiqian Intermediary Co[41] Auctions Phillips de Pury & $66.5 $63.4 Men in Her Life Andy Warhol 1962 08/11/2010 36 Jose Mugrabi Company Chauncey $65.2 Devereaux Christie's, New $35.2 Portrait of a Halberdier Pontormo 1537 31/05/1989 5 Stillman Getty Museum York Heirs of Kazimir Sotheby's, New $64.8 $60.0 Suprematist Composition Kazimir Malevich 1916 03/11/2008 35 Malevich York Beijing Poly $63.1 $62.1 (¥402.5) Zhichuan Resettlement Wang Meng c.1350 04/06/2011 41 Auction City and County Sotheby's, New $62.6 $61.7 1949-A-No.1 Clyfford Still 1949 09/11/2011 43 of Denver York[45].