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The Most Expensive World Paintings II

Dear Art Lovers, yesterday you read about the most expensive paintings ever sold at auctions, but the list didn’t stop there - some masterpieces sold at private sales definitely break auction records.

1. Paul Cézanne - The Card Players (one of the three versions, 1892-1893, 97 × 130 cm), oil on canvas, sold at a private sale for $250 million in 2011, bought by the Royal Family of Qatar.
2. Jackson Pollock - No. 5, 1948, 1948, oil on fiberboard, 2.4 m × 1.2 m, sold at a private sale for $140 million in 1948.
3. Willem de Kooning - Woman III, 1953, oil on canvas, 172.7 cm × 123.2 cm, sold at a private sale for $137.5 million in 2006, bought by Steven A. Cohen.
4. Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, 1907, oil, silver, and gold on canvas, sold at a private sale for $135 million in 2006, bought by Ronald Lauder.
5.  Jasper Johns - False Start (the most expensive painting by a living artist), 1959, oil on canvas, sold at a private sale for $80 million in 2006, bought by Kenneth C. Griffin.
6. Vincent Van Gogh - A Wheatfield with Cypresses (one of the three versions), 1889, oil on canvas, sold at a private sale for $57 million in 1993, bought by Walter H. Annenberg.

Have a nice week everyone and stay tuned on art news!

Source: Wikipedia.