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Highest art auction prices in 2015

The top 50 sales of 2015 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. Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O")
    Pablo Picasso · Christie's · May 11, 2015
    $179,365,000
  2. Nu couché
    Amedeo Modigliani · Christie's · Nov 9, 2015
    $170,405,000
  3. Nurse
    Roy Lichtenstein · Christie's · Nov 9, 2015
    $95,365,000
  4. No. 10
    Mark Rothko · Christie's · May 13, 2015
    $81,925,000
  5. Untitled (New York City)
    Cy Twombly · Sotheby's · Nov 11, 2015
    $70,530,000
  6. La Gommeuse
    Pablo Picasso · Sotheby's · Nov 5, 2015
    $67,450,000
  7. Buste de femme (Femme à la résille)
    Pablo Picasso · Christie's · May 11, 2015
    $67,400,000
  8. L’Allée des Alyscamps
    Vincent van Gogh · Sotheby's · May 5, 2015
    $66,330,000
  9. Seated Woman
    Francis Bacon · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $28,165,000
  10. Untitled
    Cy Twombly · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $12,186,390
  11. Untitled XXVIII
    Willem de Kooning · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $11,365,000
  12. Elements (Hydra)
    Brice Marden · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $9,237,000
  13. Shirt Collar Size 14 1/2
    Domenico Gnoli · Phillips · May 13, 2015
    $6,885,000
  14. Constitution IV
    Mark Bradford · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $5,812,089
  15. Hedge
    Mark Tansey · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $5,653,000
  16. Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads
    Ai Weiwei · Phillips · Jun 29, 2015
    $5,409,200
  17. Untitled
    Rudolf Stingel · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $4,757,000
  18. Femme rouge et pelote verte
    Le Corbusier · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $4,645,000
  19. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
    Ai Weiwei · Phillips · Feb 12, 2015
    $4,426,944
  20. Untitled #7
    Agnes Martin · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $4,197,000
  21. Gladiateurs au Repos
    Giorgio de Chirico · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $3,973,000
  22. Untitled
    Alexander Calder · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $3,973,000
  23. Biting the Book
    Mark Bradford · Phillips · Feb 12, 2015
    $3,910,915
  24. Lockheed Lounge
    Marc Newson · Phillips · Apr 28, 2015
    $3,720,646
  25. Diamond Dust Shoes
    Andy Warhol · Phillips · Feb 12, 2015
    $3,566,896
  26. Untitled
    Christopher Wool · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $3,486,330
  27. Mountain and Glacier
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2015
    $3,458,909
  28. Untitled (P271)
    Christopher Wool · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $3,189,000
  29. Missing in Action
    Yoshitomo Nara · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $3,055,634
  30. Untitled
    Rudolf Stingel · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $2,969,495
  31. Untitled Film Still #48
    Cindy Sherman · Christie's · May 13, 2015
    $2,965,000
  32. Hanging Heads # 1 (Blue Andrew, Mouth Open / Red Julie with Cap)
    Bruce Nauman · Phillips · Jun 29, 2015
    $2,769,416
  33. Winter Landscape
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2015
    $2,749,389
  34. Présages
    Wifredo Lam · Phillips · May 26, 2015
    $2,629,000
  35. Buste de Mousquetaire
    Pablo Picasso · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $2,629,000
  36. 16.9.91
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 7, 2015
    $2,619,056
  37. 19.12.66
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 7, 2015
    $2,619,056
  38. Untitled
    Wade Guyton · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $2,405,000
  39. Gruppo di persone
    Michelangelo Pistoletto · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $2,405,000
  40. Still life with flowers in a sculpted vase
    Jan Brueghel the Younger · im Kinsky · Jun 16, 2015
    $2,355,150
  41. The Sad Sink
    Robert Gober · Phillips · Nov 8, 2015
    $2,225,000
  42. Untitled (Fold)
    Tauba Auerbach · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $2,194,242
  43. Untitled
    Christopher Wool · Phillips · Feb 12, 2015
    $2,190,819
  44. Hamburger Counter
    Wayne Thiebaud · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $2,165,000
  45. "monument" for V. Tatlin
    Dan Flavin · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $2,165,000
  46. Double Scramble
    Frank Stella · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $2,165,000
  47. Porch Crop
    Ed Ruscha · Phillips · May 14, 2015
    $2,165,000
  48. 24.09.99
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2015
    $2,129,075
  49. Concetto Spaziale, Attese
    Lucio Fontana · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $2,021,964
  50. Untitled (Jazz death)
    Christopher Wool · Phillips · Oct 14, 2015
    $2,021,964

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