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Highest art auction prices in 2011

The top 50 sales of 2011 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. 1949-A-No. 1
    Clyfford Still · Sotheby's · Nov 9, 2011
    $61,682,500
  2. Portrait de Paul Éluard
    Salvador Dalí · Sotheby's · Feb 10, 2011
    $21,688,635
  3. Five Nudes
    Sanyu · Ravenel · May 30, 2011
    $16,495,536
  4. 4.4.85
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Nov 28, 2011
    $5,686,256
  5. Les Etangs longs bei Montana
    Ferdinand Hodler · Kornfeld · Jun 17, 2011
    $4,716,000
  6. Rhein II
    Andreas Gursky · Christie's · Nov 8, 2011
    $4,338,500
  7. Untitled #96
    Cindy Sherman · Christie's · May 11, 2011
    $3,890,500
  8. 8.10.84
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 5, 2011
    $2,739,456
  9. Two Arabs
    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Sep 26, 2011
    $2,643,210
  10. Nineteen Ten Remembered
    Jean Paul Lemieux · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 24, 2011
    $2,240,971
  11. Mount Rainier
    Albert Bierstadt · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 23, 2011
    $2,153,000
  12. Sonnenblumen im Abendlicht
    Emil Nolde · Grisebach · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,957,807
  13. Washing the Salt Off 1 1985
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Mar 24, 2011
    $1,892,178
  14. Lander's Peak, Wyoming
    Albert Bierstadt · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 23, 2011
    $1,873,000
  15. Mask Series
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · Dec 4, 2011
    $1,756,154
  16. Rocky Mountain Sketch CXXI (Mount Robson)
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,736,753
  17. Ringsum
    Wassily Kandinsky · Grisebach · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,713,081
  18. Stehender weiblicher Akt
    Egon Schiele · Kornfeld · Jun 17, 2011
    $1,650,600
  19. The Paddock - Late Afternoon 1979
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Jun 23, 2011
    $1,642,270
  20. Elefant und Clown im Stall
    Max Beckmann · Grisebach · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,631,506
  21. Spring to the North
    Wu Guanzhong · Ravenel · May 30, 2011
    $1,594,020
  22. Untitled
    Tyeb Mehta · Saffronart · Sep 22, 2011
    $1,565,000
  23. Still Life of Delphiniums
    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Mar 7, 2011
    $1,542,366
  24. Extensive Landscape Northern Transvaal
    Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef · Strauss & Co · Mar 7, 2011
    $1,542,366
  25. Die Violinistin
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Grisebach · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,500,986
  26. Double Nude I 1982-83
    John Brack · Menzies · Dec 8, 2011
    $1,487,019
  27. Water for Camp
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 23, 2011
    $1,481,000
  28. A Dangerous Sport
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 23, 2011
    $1,481,000
  29. La Femme accroupie, grand modèle avec une Terrasse plus haute
    Auguste Rodin · Menzies · Sep 14, 2011
    $1,478,074
  30. Bloodline Series - Big Family
    Zhang Xiaogang · Ravenel · May 30, 2011
    $1,450,044
  31. Concetto spaziale
    Lucio Fontana · Grisebach · May 27, 2011
    $1,427,071
  32. Study for Sunflower
    Cai Guo-Qiang · Ravenel · Jun 5, 2011
    $1,414,272
  33. Composition No. 149
    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Nov 28, 2011
    $1,375,376
  34. Country Child c1948
    Russell Drysdale · Menzies · Sep 14, 2011
    $1,355,134
  35. Woman
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · Dec 4, 2011
    $1,347,622
  36. Sky Series - Distant View
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · Nov 28, 2011
    $1,346,637
  37. Chromatische Scheiben
    Ernst Wilhelm Nay · Grisebach · May 27, 2011
    $1,305,248
  38. Untitled (Kali)
    Tyeb Mehta · Saffronart · Jun 16, 2011
    $1,275,993
  39. 5.6.54 (Herbes)
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 4, 2011
    $1,273,344
  40. War Canoe, Alert Bay
    Emily Carr · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,176,510
  41. Coastal Boats Near Sidney, BC
    E. J. Hughes · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 17, 2011
    $1,169,839
  42. Landschaft mit Bauer, Junge und Ziege
    August Macke · Grisebach · Nov 24, 2011
    $1,142,054
  43. Sans titre
    Jean Paul Riopelle · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 17, 2011
    $1,109,847
  44. Autobahn In The Black Forest Ii
    Jeffrey Smart · Deutscher and Hackett · Apr 20, 2011
    $1,087,728
  45. 5.2.81
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Nov 28, 2011
    $1,077,720
  46. Hillside II 1968
    Fred Williams · Menzies · Dec 8, 2011
    $1,054,125
  47. Les Moniales
    Jean Paul Lemieux · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 17, 2011
    $1,049,856
  48. Bonjour, Monsieur Botero
    Fernando Botero · Grisebach · May 27, 2011
    $1,026,795
  49. Drei Akte
    August Macke · Grisebach · May 27, 2011
    $1,009,391
  50. Andy Warhol is Shooting Picture
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · May 30, 2011
    $1,002,690

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