10. Blood Red Mirror by Gerhard Richter- sold for $1,314,500
Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932, Dresden) is the most famous of the modern German artists, his work is called the most controversial and controversial, and his paintings are the most expensive among the works of living artists. So, one of them was recently sold at Sotheby's for $20.8 million! The painting on our list was sold in November 2008 at the same New York auction for 1.3 million. Blood Red Mirror ("Blood Red Mirror") is a mirror in blood red colors.
9. "The concept of space, waiting" Lucio Fontana- sold for $1.5 million
Lucho Fontana - italian painter, sculptor, abstract artist. He laid the foundation at one time for the fashionable trend of "cut" paintings. And this work by Fontana, sold in 2010 for $1.5 million, is really indented.
8. "Green White" Ellsworth Kelly- sold for $1,650,500
Ellsworth Kelly is a contemporary American painter and sculptor. He is the largest representative directions "Hard-edge painting" - painting, which contains figures (often, but not necessarily geometric) with sharp, clear contours. The Green White painting was sold in November 2008 for $1,650,500.
7. "Untitled" Blinky Palermo
Blinky Palermo is a German abstract artist. His painting "Untitled" was sold for 1.7 million at auction. "Untitled", in fact, like the rest of Palermo's work, is a layering of one color on another.
6. "Cowboy", Ellsworth Kelly- sold for $1.7 million
The picture "Cowboy" brought the already familiar to us Kelly 1.7 million dollars.
5. Peinture (Le Chien), Joan Miro- sold for $2,210,500
Joan Miro is a famous Catalan (Spanish) abstract artist. The artist's works are mostly like incoherent children's drawings and contain figures that are vaguely similar to real objects. His painting "Dog" was sold for $2,210,500 at Christie's in New York.
4. "Untitled" by Cy Twombly- Sold for $2.3 million.
Cy Twombly is an American painter and abstract sculptor. The originality of Twombly's manner lies in the chaotic application of inscriptions, lines and scratches to the canvas. His painting "Untitled", bought for $2.3 million, might look more like the work of a 5-year-old child practicing to write the letter "e".
3. "White Fire I" by Barnett Newman- sold for $3,859,500 dollars
Barnett Newman is an American artist, prominent representative abstract expressionism. White Window I was sold on November 13, 2002 for $3,859,500.
2. "Blue Fool" ("Blue Fool"), Christopher Wool- sold for $5 million
The Blue Fool painting by contemporary American artist Christopher Wool was purchased in May 2010 at Christie's in New York for $5,010,500.
1. "Untitled" (1961) Mark Rothko- sold for $28 million
A painting by Rothko, a leading exponent of abstract expressionism, one of the creators of color field painting, was sold in 2010 in New York at Sotheby's for a crazy $28,000,000.
The rating of the most expensive paintings in the world is based on the results of the auction. It is for this reason that they were not included in this rating. famous paintings belonging to state museums. Must see this article and you gasp at the prosperity of our richest unit of society.
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20. Pablo Picasso - Woman with crossed arms (1901-1902)
Sold for $55 million in 2000.
19. Vincent van Gogh - Wheat field with cypresses (1916)
Sold for $57 million in 1993.
18. Kazimir Malevich - Suprematist composition (1916)
Sold for $60 million in 2008.
17. Paul Cezanne - Still life with jug and drapery (1893-1894)
Sold for $60.2 million in 1999.
16. Willem de Kooning - Police newspaper (1955)
Sold for $63.5 million in 2006.
15. Vincent van Gogh - Portrait of an artist without a beard (1889)
Sold for $71.5 million in 1998.
14. Andy Warhol - Green Car Crash (1963)
Sold for $71.7 million in 2007.
13. Mark Rothko - White Center (1950)
Sold for $72.8 million in 2007.
12. Peter Paul Rubens - Massacre of the Innocents (1609-1611)
Sold for $76.8 million in 2002.
11. Pierre Auguste Renoir - Ball at the Moulin de la Galette (1876)
Sold for $78.1 million in 1990.
10 Jasper Johns - False Start (1959)
Sold for $80 million in 2008.
9. Claude Monet - Water Lily Pond (1919)
Sold for $80.5 million in 2008.
8. Vincent van Gogh - Portrait of Dr. Gachet (1890)
Sold for $82.5 million in 1990.
7. Francis Bacon - Triptych (1976)
Sold for $86.3 million in 2008.
6. Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912)
Sold for $87.9 million in 2006.
5. Pablo Picasso - Dora Maar with a cat (1941)
Sold for $95.2 million in 2006.
The most expensive paintings in the world, as a rule, are kept in galleries and museums in Europe and the USA. These paintings are so valuable that art lovers are willing to spend millions of dollars to buy them. Most often, the value of a painting depends on its age and the artist who painted it. Some paintings look pretty mundane at first glance but are worth millions simply because they were painted so globally. famous artists like Vincent Van Gogh or Pablo Picasso. Below is a list of the twenty-five most ridiculously expensive art and paintings in history:
25. Acrobat and Young Harlequin (Acrobat and Young Harlequin)
This painting by Pablo Picasso was originally valued at $38.5 million and sold for $69.4 million. This painting, painted in 1905, was first featured in Action: Cahsiers Individualistes De Philosophie at Princeton University in 1923 and was sold by Roger Janssen's heir to a certain Miitsukoshi in 1988. On this moment the painting is located in America and is in the public domain.
24. Agile Rabbit (Au Lapin Agile)
The Agile Rabbit was painted in 1904 by Pablo Picasso and sold in 1989 by Joan Whitney Payson's daughter Walter H Annenberg for $70 million. The auction took place on November 27, 1989 at Sotheby's, New York.
23. Diana and Actaeon
This painting is by Titian, Italian artist Renaissance, was written between 1556 and 1559. It is considered one of his greatest masterpieces. The painting depicts the moment when the goddess Diana met Actaeon. In 2009, the Duke of Sutherland donated this painting to National galleries Scotland and London (National Galleries of Scotland & National Gallery in London). The painting is valued at $70.6 million.
22. Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)
This painting, painted by Andy Warhol in 1963, was sold on May 16, 2007 to Philip Niarchos. Green Car Crash, better known as Burning Green Car I, was originally valued at $71.7 million but sold for $73.7 million. The auction took place at Christie's, New York.
21. Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
The painting "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" depicts a bouquet of sunflowers placed in a vase. This painting Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh was painted in 1888 and is the second painting on the theme of sunflowers painted by this artist. It was sold by Chester Beatty's sister-in-law Yasuo Goto in 1987 for $74.5 million, almost double the original price of $39 million.
20. White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)
Originally valued at $72.8 million, this painting by Mark Rothko was sold by David Rockefeller in 2007 to the Qatar royal family, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa At-Thani for $74.9 million. This abstract painting was completed in 1950 and is considered part of the artist's legendary and varied style of painting.
19. Curtain, Jug and Fruitbowl
This painting, painted by Paul Cezanne in 1894, was auctioned May 10, 1999 at Sotheby's, New York. Even though most people know it as "Curtain, pitcher and bowl of fruit", original name the picture sounds like "Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier". The painting was sold by the Whitney family to an unknown buyer for an adjusted price of $77.4 million.
18. Water Lily Pond
The painting "Pond with water lilies" (Le Bassin aux Nympheas) was written in 1919 French artist-impressionist Claude Monet, but it was put up for auction only on June 4, 2008. This oil-on-canvas painting was sold at Sotheby's in New York to J. Irrwin and Xenia S. Miller for $79.7 million.
17. Self Portrait of Picasso
Picasso's Self Portrait (Yo, Picasso) was sold for $47.9 million on May 9, 1989 by Wendell Cherry to Stavros Niachros at Sotheby's in New York. This painting was painted in 1901 and depicts the artist himself. It was considered the second most popular painting on the day it went up for auction. It currently has an adjusted value of $90.5 million.
16. Wheatfield with Cypresses
This painting, part of a series of paintings called "Wheat Field", was painted by Van Gogh in 1889 in the psychiatric hospital of Saint Paul de Mausole in Arles, France (where Van Gogh was temporarily in as a patient). In 1993, the painting was sold by Emil Georg Bührle's son Walter Annenberg for $84.1 million.
15. False Start
"False Start" is a painting by Jasper Johns that was put up for private auction by Richard Gray on October 12, 2006. It was written in 1959 and sold by David Geffen to Kenneth Griffin for $84.6 million, $4.6 million more than the original price of $80 million.
14. Marriage of Pierrette
The painting Les Noces de Pierrette, best known as Pierrette's Wedding, was painted in 1905, during the artist's Blue Period. During this period, Picasso experienced poverty and depression after the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901. In 1907, it was purchased by an art dealer named Joseph Stansky (Josef Stansky), but between 1945 and 1962 it was owned by Picasso's son named Paulo Picasso (Paulo Picasso). She was sold by Fredrik Roos to Tomonori Tsurumaki for $84.8 million in 1989.
13. "Triptych, 1976" (Triptych, 1976)
The painting entitled "Triptych", painted by Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon) in 1976, was painted in oil and pastel on canvas and divided into three parts, each of which was 198 by 147 centimeters. It was sold at Sotheby's in London on May 14, 2008, where the Moueix Family sold this work of art to Roman Abramovich for $85.5 million.
12. "Portrait of Adele Block Bauer II" (Portrait of Adele Block Bauer II)
This was the second portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer painted by Gustav Klimt ( Gustav Klimt) in 1912. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Block Bauer and his model. This painting was put up for auction in auction house Christie's and sold for nearly $88 million.
11. "Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh" (Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh)
Of the dozen self-portraits painted by Vincent van Gogh, this one is the only one that has survived to this day. In this self-portrait, painted in 1886, the artist's face is shown exactly as Van Gogh saw it when looking into the mirror (which he used to paint his own face). The painting was sold for $93.5 million.
10. Dora Maar with Cat
The painting "Dora Maar au Chat", also known as "Dora Maar with a cat", was painted by Pablo Picasso in 1941. This painting depicts the artist's mistress named Dora Maar, who is sitting in a chair with a kitten on her shoulder. The size of this painting is only 128.27 by 95.25 centimeters, however, it was sold in 2006 for $95,216,000.
9 Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents was painted by Peter Paul Rubens and depicts the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem in the Book of Matthew of the Holy Bible. It was completed in 1611 and auctioned off by Sotheby's in London on July 10, 2002, where an Austrian family sold it to Kenneth Thomson for $99.7 million.
8. "Irises" (Irises)
This Vincent van Gogh painting was painted in 1889 and sold to Alan Bond for $101.2 million by Joan Whitney Payson's son at an auction held at Sotheby's in New York on November 11, 1987. Van Gogh painted this masterpiece while in a psychiatric hospital in France.
7. "Portrait of the postman Joseph Roulin" (Portrait of Joseph Roulin)
Another van Gogh painting, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, was completed in 1889 and sold to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for more than $111 million (more than double its original price). $58 million).
6. "Boy with a pipe" (Boy with a Pipe)
The painting "Garçon à la pipe" or "Boy with a pipe", painted by Pablo Picasso in 1905, was completed during " pink period» Picasso while he was in Paris. The painting depicts a Persian boy wearing a wreath of roses, holding a pipe in his hand. The painting was sold by the Greentree Foundation to the Whitney family in 2004 for $104 million. Its current value is estimated at $129 million.
5. "Ball at the Moulin de la Galette" (Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette)
The painting Bal Du Moulin de Galette, better known as The Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, was painted by the French artist Pierre Auguste Renoir in 1876. The cost of the painting is estimated at 141.5 million dollars. At the moment, this painting is stored in the Orsay Museum (Musee de Orsay), located in Paris. This famous impressionist painting by Betsey Whitney was sold by Ryoei Saito in 1990.
4. "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" (Portrait of Dr. Gachet)
In a painting entitled "Portrait of Dr. Gachet", painted Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, the doctor is depicted during recent months Van Gogh's life. The masterpiece was completed in 1890 at Auvers and auctioned for $82.5 million. At the moment, the cost of the picture is 149.5 million dollars.
3. "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" (Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I)
This painting, painted by Gustav Klimt in 1907, was one of two portraits of Adele Bloch-Bauer. This painting, considered one of his greatest masterpieces, was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million at an auction held in New York in June 2006. For four months, this painting remained the most expensive in the world. It is currently valued at $155.8 million.
2. "Woman III" (Woman III)
Woman III was painted by the abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning and was one of six paintings he painted between 1951 and 1953. For two decades, the painting was part of the Tehram Museum of Contemporary Art collection, but in 2006 it was sold to Steven Cohen for $137.5 million. It is currently valued at $159.8 million.
1. "No. 5, 1948"
This painting was painted by Jackson Pollock in 1948 and purchased by David Martinez from David Geffen for $140 million at an auction held in New York on November 2, 2006. At the moment, the cost of this painting is estimated at 162.7 million dollars.
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Painting is ancient form art. With the help of paint, brushes, palettes and other tools, a person tries to convey his imagination and vision of the world. The history of painting is long and multifaceted. This type creativity gave the world such talented painters like: Da Vinci, Titian, Picasso, Van Gogh and many others. These geniuses were able to create real masterpieces that contemporaries admired, descendants admired, museums vied for the right to exhibit them, and collectors paid millions of dollars for the right to possess them.
Works by great masters, periodically appearing at auctions, continue to amaze with record prices and demand for them. Price greatest paintings reaches new sky-high heights with each change of ownership.
Willem de Kooning "Woman III"
Year of writing: 1953
Year and place of sale: 2006, private sale
Sale price: $137.5 million
Price now: $162.4 million
The painting is a vivid example of expressionist painting, where a woman is depicted in an abstract form on the canvas. This picture is part of a series of works of art by Willem de Kooning, in which the artist tries to reveal the theme of the female body. On all canvases, the painter depicts women in graffiti style: they have giant eyes, toothy smiles and creepy hands. The technique of applying paint to the canvas: broad strokes and strokes of the brush on the canvas. Some critics explain this manner of writing by difficult experiences and conflict relations with the female sex, which found a way out on the artist's canvases.
In November 2006, the owner of the painting, David Gaffen, sold it to billionaire Stephen Cohen for $137.5 million.
Jackson Pollock "Number 5"
Year of writing: 1948
Year and place of sale: 2006, Sotheby's
Sale price: $140 million
Price now: $165.4 million
Million deals at auctions are no longer a novelty for Jackson Pollock's paintings. So "Number 5", sold in November 2006 for $ 140 million, became the most expensive artwork art bought at auction by an unknown buyer. The uniqueness of the painting lies in a special drip technique, in which the randomness of the patterns is created by spraying paint layer by layer with spontaneous movements and gestures. Often the entire body of the artist is involved. Such works are called "action painting". Visually, the image is similar to a bird's nest and consists of a close interweaving of yellow, brown and gray splashes of different shades. The painting is also an example of Pollock's attitude towards fine art: all areas of the canvas are treated equally, conventional points of reference, focus, and planes are rejected.
Amedeo Modigliani "Reclining Nude"
Year of writing: 1917-1918
Sale price: $170.4 million
Price now: $170.4 million
“Reclining Nude” is a canvas from a series of nude women, which was painted by Modigliani under the patronage of the Polish dealer Leopold Zborowski in 1917. This painting was a participant in the artist's first and only lifetime art show, held at the Bertha Weil Gallery in 1917. Reclining on a crimson sofa with a blue pillow, a nude model caused censure from the side public opinion and the scandalous exhibition was closed by the police. Decades later, in November 2015 at a Christie's auction, Modigliani's series of paintings was heralded as a renaissance of the nude in modernism. The Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones compared Modigliani and his models with the traditions of Titian and his Venus Urbino. And he noted that the artist was engaged in praising the sexuality of the body and proclaimed desire as his religion long before Matisse and Picasso. At the same time, "Reclining Nude" was sold at auction for $170.4 million.
Pablo Picasso "Algerian women (version O)"
Year of writing: 1955
Year and place of sale: 2015, Christie's
Sale price: $179.365 million
Price now: $179.365 million
The painting that set a world record at Christie's in 2015 as the most expensive lot visual arts. "Algerian Women" became the culmination of a series of works by the artist. Inspired by the work of the great Spanish artist XIX century Eugene Delacroix, Picasso created a series of paintings highlighting the situation of Algerian women. Also, the works were conceived by the artist as a tribute and elegy to the friend and rival of the genius, Henri Matisse, who died in 1954. "Women of Algeria" is a vivid demonstration of Picasso's tendency to unite vintage style and a unique fresh look at the presentation of the image. In this picture, merged: kitsch, postmodern and classic. It is this feature that gives the canvas its exclusivity and causes an increased demand for the painting.
Rembrandt van Rijn "Portraits of Marten Solmans and Opjen Coppit"
Year of writing: 1634
Sale price: $180 million
Price now: $180 million
Rembrandt received an order for paintings in connection with the wedding of Marten Solmans with Olivia Coppit. Initially, the history of these portraits showed one interesting trend - painted separately, they were always kept together. While many paired portraits of the 17th century were divided among themselves, these paintings always hung side by side, even moving from collection to collection. They are also distinctive for the work of the master: the size of the canvas unusual for the artist and the image of the figure in the portrait in full height. The descendants of the couple depicted on the canvases kept the paintings long years, until its sale in 1877 to the French banker Gustave Samuel de Rothschild. His descendant, having received a license to sell Rembrandt's masterpieces, sold the paintings to two museums at once. So "Portraits of Marten Solmans and Opjen Koppit" are the joint property of the Amsterdam State Museum And the Parisian Louvre for 180 million dollars.
Mark Rothko "No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)"
Year of writing: 1951
Year and place of sale: 2014, private sale
Sale price: $186 million
Price now: $186 million
"Purple, Green, Red" is a painting by an American artist with Russian roots - Mark Rothko. Since Rothko is a pioneer of abstract expressionism, his style is characterized by: the absence of certain images, the use of large canvases, horizontal stripes of bright colors. Like most artists experiencing depression in the post-war period, Rothko uses dark shades palette for the top of the canvas. In our rating of the most expensive paintings, "Purple, Green, Red" was due to the purchase of the painting by Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev in 2014 for a considerable amount of money - $ 186 million. True, a little later, the same Rybolovlev sued the seller of the painting, the Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier, accusing him of overestimating the cost of the canvas. But until the court makes a decision, "Purple, Green, Red" will remain in the top of the most expensive paintings.
Jackson Pollock "Number 17A"
Year of writing: 1948
Year and place of sale: 2015, private sale
Sale price: $200 million
Price now: $200 million
Jackson Pollock - bright representative American abstract expressionism. For giving up the easel and unique technique Pollock even got a nickname at one time - Jack the Sprinkler. The artist placed the canvases on the ground and walked around, spraying paint with brushes and syringes, thus creating a new, absolutely unique style in painting - action painting. Pollock's secret is also contained in a paint with a special viscosity that does not smudge when applied. The painting "Number 17A" was bought by American billionaire Kenneth Griffith for $200 million in 2015. The painting is currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Paul Cezanne "The Card Players"
Year of writing: 1895
Year and place of sale: 2011, private sale
Sale price: $259 million
Price now: $274 million
Until 2015, Paul Cezanne's The Card Players topped the list of the world's most expensive paintings, as it was sold by Greek shipping magnate George Embrikos to Qatar's royal family in 2011 for a whopping $259 million. This canvas- This classic look art, so characteristic of textbooks, gift photo albums and magazines with luxury goods. "Card Players" is one of the five works by Cezanne belonging to the Impressionist series of the 90s of the XIX century. In the picture we see two men sitting at a wooden table and enthusiastically playing cards. By the way interesting fact is that the models of the players are the worker and gardener of Cezanne's family estate.
Paul Gauguin "When will you marry?"
Year of writing: 1892
Year and place of sale: 2015, private sale
Sale price: $300 million
Price now: $300 million
The previous record is shattered by Paul Gauguin's When Will You Get Married?, sold in 2015 by private Swiss collector Rudolf Stechelin to museums in Qatar. Another translation of the title of the picture is “When is the wedding?”. The work is a real gem of postmodernism. The painting depicts Tahitian girls in traditional and missionary dress, surrounded by the beautiful landscapes of Tahiti. It was in Tahiti that Gauguin fled at one time, trying to hide from the routine and artificiality of Europe, and it was here that his bright original talent was able to reveal itself in full force. The painting did not bring fame to the artist during his lifetime, and many critics spoke of it completely unflattering. Only many years later, the already bygone culture imprinted on the canvas made the picture one of the most famous masterpieces of the Tahitian period of Gauguin.
Willem de Kooning "The Exchange"
Year of writing: 1955
Year and place of sale: 2016, private sale
Sale price: $300 million
Price now: $300 million
Another picture, which became the most according to the results of the auction last year and topped our rating. The Exchange is a great example of New York abstract expressionism. In the picture, Willem Kuning tries to convey all the ugliness of the face modern world trying to get back on its feet after the troubles and destruction of the Second World War. The first time the picture left the auction in 1989. Then it was sold for 20.68 million dollars, despite a preliminary estimate of 4-6 million. The record was set in two "categories" at once: the highest amount paid for a contemporary painting and the record sale price of a work by a still living artist. After 28 years, "Deception" fell into the category of the most expensive paintings in the world and took first place there. The painting was acquired by the notorious Ken Griffin, who also bought Pollock's Number 17A for $200 million and paid $300 million for it.
INCREDIBLE FACTS.
Not any of us will be able to appreciate this kind of painting at its true worth and read between the lines the meaning laid down by the author. But, nevertheless, the cost of paintings contemporary artists sometimes just going wild and collectors and connoisseurs of art from all over the world come to the auction to buy the creation they like.
Sometimes for a picture they like, they lay out such sums of money that even the authors themselves remain extremely surprised.
Below is a list of the strangest contemporary paintings that were sold for millions of dollars.
1. "Spatial concept" - Lucio Fontana (Lucio Fontana)
Sold for $1,500,000.
This painting was sold for fabulous money at an auction in London. It seems as if the author simply painted over the canvas with color and "torn" the picture with oblique lines. The question is, of course, in a million: if the artist wants to get even more money for such a picture, should he just make another cut?
Or maybe the more the cut features mow, the higher the quality of the picture?
2. "Blood Red Mirror" - Gerhard Richter
Sold for $1,100,000.
"Picture - mirror" went under the hammer for 1.1 million. Of course, this artist is the author of many great work, however, to understand this, apparently, you just need to be born an artist.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to see in this masterpiece something like a mirror. Perhaps the collector who purchased it just wanted to see himself in more light when looking in the mirror.
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3. "Green and white" - Ellsworth Kelly (Ellsworth Kelly)
Sold for $1,600,000.
The works of this artist are very controversial, critics differ in their opinions about their value, but, of course, this picture is the most that neither is real gem.
This is the most common canvas with a deformed circle in the middle, and there are people who are willing to pay for the right to add this creation to their collection as much as a small Thai island costs.
4. "Untitled" - Mark Rothko (Mark Rothko)
Sold for $28,000,000.
Many spoke impartially about this picture, but it is rather simply boring. If your child, after graduating from art school, would bring you such a drawing, then there would be two possible scenarios for the development of events:
a) you would be terribly proud and hang a picture instead of a TV
b) tell him: "Good job, kid. Let's draw something different next time!"
5. "Untitled" - Blinky Palermo (Blinky Palermo)
Sold for $1,700,000.
This picture, like many other creations of this artist, is a layering of colored canvases on top of each other. One critic noted that he whole hour looked at this picture, but could not find anything in it.
Another critic put it more deeply: "The paintings of Palermo offer the viewer's eye to see multifaceted changes in tones, while traces of painterly nuances and excesses on the surface of the canvases are completely absent, instead a person can see beautiful, undiluted colors."
You have to be a real professional in your field to mask the shortage color solutions Thus!
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6. "Dog" - Joan Mira (Joan Mira)
Sold for $2,200,000.
In fact, the world has a lot good work, But this one really stands out and not with positive side.
Or maybe the collector who bought it just wanted to own part of the legacy of a talented artist?
7. "White Fire I" - Barnett Newman (Barnett Newman)
Sold for $3,800,000.
It is obvious that people who buy this kind of paintings are extraordinarily rich. But rich people become rich because of their intelligence.
If so, why would an intelligent collector buy such a work from an online auction based on the meager description of it on the site?
The name of the painting is a mystical term that is directly related to Torah. The Torah itself is aimed at deep spiritual unity, which Newman is trying, according to him, to instill in the viewer through his works.
But is it really so? Or maybe it's just difficult for an inexperienced person to trace the relationship between two lines on a blank canvas and the Torah?
8. "Untitled" - Cy Twombly (Cy Twombly)
Sold for $23,000,000.
This work was done on hastily at home on plain paper using conventional wax pencil, that is, the same material that used by a child when learning to write in kindergarten.
If you dull your eyes a little and look at the picture, doesn’t it seem to you that this masterpiece is very similar to a baby’s attempt to learn how to write the letter “e”?
9. "Cowboy" - Ellsworth Kelly (Ellsworth Kelly)
Sold for $1,700,000.
Kelly studied art for over four years at cultural institutions in Boston and Paris before deciding on the direction of the style of his work. After doing some research, he concluded that his works will be "block".
To an inexperienced eye, the choice may seem erroneous, because what is the value of these blocks, implemented on paper? Nevertheless, it is worth admitting a mistake, because from the point of view of the economy, the choice is very correct, but from the aesthetic side, the author is unlikely to have made the right decision.
10. "Blue fool" - Christopher Wool (Christopher Wool)
Sold for $5,000,000.
One can imagine how delighted Christopher, who specializes in painting words, when this particular work was sold for such a huge amount of money. I wonder when he painted his picture, could he have thought that he would be able to persuade someone to buy it?
Bravo, Christopher!
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