Artprice: Top 50 Artworks Sold at Auction in 2018

Artprice and its CEO thierry Ehrmann are proud to present the 50 greatest artworks sold at auction last year. In the first half, Modern Art returned to ‘auction leader’ position with two results above the $100 million threshold.

The Art Market’s principal motivation has always been to seek the exceptional

and the rare. The quest for strong sensations is an inherent characteristic of

its history and its market: by acquiring an artwork, the collector also acquires

an extraordinary history.

Collectors are naturally on the lookout for the right work by the right artist

at the right time and at the right price, but they are also looking for a story

that they relates to. In spite of these ‘search criteria’, the Art Market posts

a global average 30% to 35% unsold rate, a key indicator of the Market’s health.

The inescapable processes of selection – indispensable to the Market’s

refinement – are at the heart of the Museum Industry, the growth of which

represents a genuine revolution in Art History.

Museums have in effect become the Temples of our 21st century: the number of

visitors has multiplied by at least ten over the last 20 years. This represents

an outstanding growth rate and it has been accompanied by the development of an

entertainment market offering all manner of interactivity, derivatives, virtual

visits, etc.

In sum, with the museums, the galleries and the auction houses, art has become a

vast domain for leisure, discovery, education and curiosity.

Rank; Artist; Artwork; Price ($)

1; Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)

; Nu couche (sur le

cote gauche) (1917)

; 157,159,000

2; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; Fillette la corbeille

fleurie (1905)

; 115,000,000

3; Edward HOPPER (1882-1967)

; Chop Suey (1929)

; 91,875,000

4; David HOCKNEY (b. 1937)

; Portrait of an Artist

(Pool with Two Figures) (1972)

; 90,312,500

5; Kasimir MALEVICH (1878-1935)

;

Suprematist Composition (1916)

; 85,812,500

6; Claude MONET (1840-1926)

; Nympheas en fleur

(c.1914-1917)

; 84,687,500

7; Henri MATISSE (1869-1954)

; Odalisque couchee aux

magnolias (1923)

; 80,750,000

8; Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1957)

; La jeune fille

sophistiquee (1928)

; 71,000,000

9; Willem DE KOONING (1904-1997)

; Woman as Landscape

(1954-1955)

; 68,937,500

10; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; Femme au beret et a la

robe quadrillee (1937)

; 68,702,214

11; ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) ;

Juin-Octobre 1985 (1985)

; 65,204,489

12; SU Shi (1037-1101) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/458151/shi-su]; Wood and

rock

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/458151/shi-su/drawing-watercolor/17300127/wood%20and%20rock%20

( )]; 59,206,820

13; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; La Dormeuse (1932)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22796/pablo-picasso/painting/15334500/la%20dormeuse];

57,829,046

14; Jackson POLLOCK (1912-1956)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/23185/jackson-pollock]; Composition with Red

Strokes (1950)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/23185/jackson-pollock/painting/17134038/composition%20with%20red%20strokes

]; 55,437,500

15; Francis BACON (1909-1992)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1148/francis-bacon]; Study for Portrait (1977)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1148/francis-bacon/painting/15844812/];

49,812,500

16; Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1608/jean-michel-basquiat]; Flexible (1984)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1608/jean-michel-basquiat/painting/15852912/flexible];

45,315,000

17; PAN Tianshou (1897-1971)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22020/tianshou-pan]; View From the Peek (1963)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22020/tianshou-pan/drawing-watercolor/17317602/view%20from%20the%20peek%20

( )]; 41,392,525

18; Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/11598/vincent-gogh-van]; Vue de l’asile et de

la Chapelle Saint-Paul de Mausole (1889)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/11598/vincent-gogh-van/painting/15811722/vue%2520de%2520l%27asile%2520et%2520de%2520la%2520chapelle%2520saint-paul%2520de%2520mausole%2520%28saint-remy%29%E3%80%8A%EF%BC%88%E5%9C%A3%E9%9B%B7%E7%B1%B3%EF%BC%89%E8%8E%AB%E5%B0%94%E7%B4%A2%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%A3%E4%BF%9D%E7%BD%97%E6%95%99%E5%A0%82%E5%92%8C%E7%96%97%E5%85%BB%E9%99%A2%E3%80%8B];

39,687,500

19; Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/30269/andy-warhol];

Double Elvis [Ferus Type] (1963)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/30269/andy-warhol/painting/15844818/double%20elvis%20%5Bferus%20type%5D];

37,000,000

20; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; Le repos (1932)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22796/pablo-picasso/painting/15809583/le%20repos

]; 36,920,500

21; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; Buste de femme de profil

(Femme ecrivant) (1932)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22796/pablo-picasso/painting/16166400/buste%20de%20femme%20de%20profil%20

(femme%20ecrivant) ]; 35,974,916

22; Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/25021/mark-rothko];

Untitled (Rust, Blacks on Plum) (1962)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/25021/mark-rothko/painting/17185146/untitled%20

(rust,%20blacks%20on%20plum)]; 35,712,500

23; Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/10904/paul-gauguin]; La Vague (1888)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/10904/paul-gauguin/painting/15639885/la%20vague

]; 35,187,500

24; Jackson POLLOCK (1912-1956)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/23185/jackson-pollock]; Number 32, 1949 (1949)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/23185/jackson-pollock/painting/15860430/number%2032,%201949

32 1949 ]; 34,098,000

25; Georges Pierre SEURAT (1859-1891)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/26469/georges-seurat]; La rade de Grandcamp (Le

port de Grandcamp) (1885)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/26469/georges-seurat/painting/15639921/la%20rade%20de%20grandcamp%20

(le%20port%20de%20grandcamp) ]; 34,062,500

26; Claude MONET (1840-1926)

; La Gare Saint-Lazare, vue

exterieure (1877)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/20093/claude-monet/painting/16144248/la%20gare%20saint-lazare,%20vue%20exterieure];

32,960,961

27; Claude MONET (1840-1926)

; Exterieur de la gare

Saint-Lazare, effet de soleil (1877)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/20093/claude-monet/painting/15639945/exterieur%20de%20la%20gare%20saint-lazare,%20effet%20de%20soleil

]; 32,937,500

28; Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/24376/gerhard-richter]; Abstraktes Bild (1987)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/24376/gerhard-richter/painting/17206359/abstraktes%20bild

]; 32,000,000

29; Juan GRIS (1887-1927) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/12022/juan-gris]; La

table de musicien (1914)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/12022/juan-gris/painting/15639873/la%20table%20de%20musicien

]; 31,812,500

30; Claude MONET (1840-1926)

; Le bassin aux nympheas

(1917-1919)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/20093/claude-monet/painting/17160522/le%20bassin%20aux%20nympheas];

31,812,500

31; Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/30269/andy-warhol];

Six Self Portraits (1986)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/30269/andy-warhol/painting/15291357/six%20self%20portraits];

31,414,491

32; Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1608/jean-michel-basquiat]; Flesh And Spirit

(1982/83)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1608/jean-michel-basquiat/painting/15860460/flesh%20and%20spirit

]; 30,711,000

33; Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/25021/mark-rothko];

No. 7 (Dark Over Light) (1954)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/25021/mark-rothko/painting/15844893/no%207%20

(dark%20over%20light)]; 30,687,500

34; Lucian FREUD (1922-2011)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/10385/lucian-freud]; Portrait on a White Cover

(2002/03)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/10385/lucian-freud/painting/16229874/portrait%20on%20a%20white%20cover

]; 29,732,780

35; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; La Lampe (1931)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22796/pablo-picasso/painting/17160492/la%20lampe];

29,562,500

36; David HOCKNEY (b. 1937)

; Pacific Coast Highway and

Santa Monica (1990)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/13619/david-hockney/painting/15860451/];

28,453,000

37; Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/30269/andy-warhol];

Most Wanted Men No. 11, John Joseph H., Jr (1964)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/30269/andy-warhol/painting/15844836/most%20wanted%20men%20no%2011,%20john%20joseph%20h,%20jr];

28,437,500

38; Ren MAGRITTE (1898-1967)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/18384/rene-magritte]; Le principe du plaisir

(1937) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/18384/rene-magritte/painting/17166501/];

26,830,500

39; Francis BACON (1909-1992)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1148/francis-bacon]; Figure in Movement (1972)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1148/francis-bacon/painting/16837506/];

25,918,362

40; Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1608/jean-michel-basquiat]; Untitled (Pollo

Frito) (1982)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/1608/jean-michel-basquiat/painting/17206398/untitled%20

(pollo%20frito) ]; 25,701,500

41; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; Femme dans un fauteuil

(Dora Maar) (1942)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22796/pablo-picasso/painting/16144233/femme%20dans%20un%20fauteuil%20

(dora%20maar)]; 25,539,921

42; Egon SCHIELE (1890-1918)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/25911/egon-schiele]; Dammernde stadt (Die

kleine stadt ii) (1913)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/25911/egon-schiele/painting/17166453/dammernde%20stadt%20

(die%20kleine%20stadt%20ii)%20(city%20in%20twilight%20(the%20small%20city%20ii))

]; 24,572,500

43; Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/15079/wassily-kandinsky]; Improvisation auf

mahagoni (1910)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/15079/wassily-kandinsky/painting/17166414/improvisation%20auf%20mahagoni%20

(improvisation%20on%20mahogany) ]; 24,233,800

44; Richard DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/7696/richard-diebenkorn]; Ocean Park #126

(1984)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/7696/richard-diebenkorn/painting/15844869/ocean%20park%20#126];

23,937,500

45; ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) ;

Et la terre etait sans forme (1956-1957)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/31245/wou-ki-zao/painting/15515940/et%20la%20terre%20etait%20sans%20forme

]; 23,305,301

46; Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/15079/wassily-kandinsky]; Zum thema jngstes

gericht (1913)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/15079/wassily-kandinsky/painting/17166420/zum%20thema%20jungstes%20gericht%20

(on%20the%20theme%20of%20the%20last%20judgement) ]; 22,879,000

47; Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/43452/jeff-koons];

Play-Doh (1994-2014)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/43452/jeff-koons/sculpture-volume/15844827/play-doh];

22,812,500

48; Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)

; Le matador (1970)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/22796/pablo-picasso/painting/15271638/le%20matador

]; 22,780,091

49; Joan MIRO (1893-1983) [https://www.artprice.com/artist/19928/joan-miro];

Femme dans la nuit (1945)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/19928/joan-miro/painting/17227206/femme%20dans%20la%20nuit];

22,590,000

50; Richard DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/7696/richard-diebenkorn]; Ocean Park #137

(1985)

[https://www.artprice.com/artist/7696/richard-diebenkorn/painting/17185185/];

22,587,500

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