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Highest art auction prices in 2010

The top 50 sales of 2010 in the ArtSell database, ranked by price in US dollars at the sale-date exchange rate. See the all-time top 100 and the most valuable artists.

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  1. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust
    Pablo Picasso · Christie's · May 4, 2010
    $106,482,500
  2. L'Homme qui marche I
    Alberto Giacometti · Sotheby's · Feb 3, 2010
    $104,300,000
  3. Nude Sitting on a Divan
    Amedeo Modigliani · Sotheby's · Nov 2, 2010
    $68,962,500
  4. Scène tahitienne - Te Arii vahine - Tahitienne royale
    Paul Gauguin · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $4,950,605
  5. First-Class Marksman 1946
    Sidney Nolan · Menzies · Mar 25, 2010
    $4,933,494
  6. Taichi Series – Single Whip
    Ju Ming · Ravenel · Dec 5, 2010
    $2,713,920
  7. Bylot Island I
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 26, 2010
    $2,640,475
  8. Deep Blue and Black
    Sam Francis · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $2,430,297
  9. Two Pink Nudes
    Sanyu · Ravenel · Jun 6, 2010
    $2,333,568
  10. Kinderköpfchen
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Ketterer Kunst · Dec 4, 2010
    $2,304,804
  11. Wish Dream
    Arpita Singh · Saffronart · Dec 9, 2010
    $2,113,224
  12. Gladioli
    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Oct 11, 2010
    $1,940,232
  13. Portrait de jeune femme [Patricia Matisse] Rückseitig: Tête d’homme – Kopf eines Mannes
    Alberto Giacometti · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $1,935,237
  14. Backs and Fronts 1969
    John Brack · Menzies · Jun 24, 2010
    $1,867,968
  15. Single Whip
    Ju Ming · Ravenel · May 31, 2010
    $1,847,808
  16. Chrysanthemums with Green Leaves
    Sanyu · Ravenel · May 31, 2010
    $1,847,808
  17. White Lilies
    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Nov 1, 2010
    $1,591,238
  18. 19.7.63
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 6, 2010
    $1,572,192
  19. House in a House - Bed of Han Xizai (Han Xizai's Night Revels 3)
    Wang Huaiqing · Ravenel · Jun 6, 2010
    $1,537,584
  20. Paysage
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 5, 2010
    $1,531,200
  21. Tempête sur les Côtes de Belle-Île
    Claude Monet · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $1,530,187
  22. Winterlandschaft
    Cuno Amiet · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $1,485,182
  23. Arctic Sketch IX
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 26, 2010
    $1,430,257
  24. Little Orange (Sunset) 1974
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Dec 15, 2010
    $1,372,189
  25. Landschaft (mit ruhenden Kühen)
    Emil Nolde · Grisebach · Nov 26, 2010
    $1,371,433
  26. Chemin dans le brouillard
    Claude Monet · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $1,350,165
  27. View from the Sitting Room Window, Lavender Bay 1991
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Mar 25, 2010
    $1,315,598
  28. Man on Verandah
    Alex Colville · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 25, 2010
    $1,274,272
  29. Bloodline Series - Big Family
    Zhang Xiaogang · Ravenel · Dec 5, 2010
    $1,272,480
  30. Warrego Jim c1964
    Russell Drysdale · Menzies · Dec 15, 2010
    $1,252,868
  31. Arkie Under the Shower 1986-87
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Sep 23, 2010
    $1,250,990
  32. Kleines Variété (in Mauve und Blau)
    Max Beckmann · Grisebach · Nov 26, 2010
    $1,210,088
  33. Lilies
    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Nov 1, 2010
    $1,193,428
  34. Jardin potager à l'Ermitage, Pontoise
    Camille Pissarro · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $1,170,143
  35. Le marchand juif à Alger
    Eugène Delacroix · PBA Auctions (Pierre Bergé & Associés) · Dec 15, 2010
    $1,143,481
  36. Winter auf der Oschwand
    Cuno Amiet · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $1,125,138
  37. Sans titre
    Jean Paul Riopelle · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 25, 2010
    $1,100,507
  38. Paysage Abstrait (Abstract Landscape)
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 6, 2010
    $1,087,680
  39. Hillside At Lysterfield Ii
    Fred Williams · Deutscher and Hackett · Sep 1, 2010
    $1,086,204
  40. Baobab Tree
    Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef · Strauss & Co · Nov 1, 2010
    $1,082,042
  41. 25.2.77
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Nov 29, 2010
    $1,061,394
  42. The Sheep’s Nose, Bon Echo
    Arthur Lismer · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 26, 2010
    $1,045,188
  43. Furious Tiger Going Down a Mountain
    Cai Guo-Qiang · Ravenel · Nov 29, 2010
    $989,261
  44. Still Life with Gladioli and Fruit
    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · May 24, 2010
    $961,369
  45. WIDE LANDSCAPE WITH CART, RIDERS AND WANDERERS
    Jan Brueghel the Elder · Lempertz · Nov 21, 2010
    $951,710
  46. Gethsemane
    Ian Fairweather · Deutscher and Hackett · Nov 17, 2010
    $937,738
  47. Pommiers en fleurs, Eragny
    Camille Pissarro · Kornfeld · Jun 18, 2010
    $936,114
  48. Bhartiya Samaroh
    S. H. Raza · Saffronart · Sep 9, 2010
    $905,000
  49. Landscape in the Kimberleys (also known as Kimberley Landscape) 1958
    Russell Drysdale · Menzies · Sep 23, 2010
    $864,321
  50. Untitled
    Sigmar Polke · Lempertz · Dec 4, 2010
    $858,341

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