Highest art auction prices in 2019

The top 50 sales of 2019 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. 1
   Meules

   Claude Monet · Sotheby's · May 14, 2019
   $110,700,000
2. 2
   Rabbit

   Jeff Koons · Christie's · May 15, 2019
   $91,075,000
3. 3
   Buffalo II

   Robert Rauschenberg · Christie's · May 15, 2019
   $88,800,000
4. 4
   Hurting the Word Radio #2

   Ed Ruscha · Christie's · Nov 13, 2019
   $52,485,000
5. 5
   Sur la terrasse

   David Hockney · Christie's · Nov 13, 2019
   $29,500,000
6. 6
   The Ring

   Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
   $15,035,000
7. 7
   THE KAWS ALBUM

   Kaws · Sotheby's · Apr 1, 2019
   $14,764,501
8. 8
   Untitled XVI

   Willem de Kooning · Phillips · May 16, 2019
   $10,268,000
9. 9
   Te Bourao (II)

   Paul Gauguin · Artcurial · Dec 3, 2019
   $10,101,402
10. 10
    Chrysanthemums in a Vase on a Red Table

    Sanyu · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2019
    $9,623,578
11. 11
    Self Portrait

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $9,500,000
12. 12
    1. 12. 68 (13. 2. 77)

    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 2, 2019
    $9,288,691
13. 13
    Helter Skelter II

    Mark Bradford · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $8,475,250
14. 14
    Smoking II

    Philip Guston · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $7,657,500
15. 15
    Late Four-Foot Flowers

    Andy Warhol · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $7,430,500
16. 16
    Femme au chapeau

    Pablo Picasso · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 20, 2019
    $6,888,849
17. 17
    Ailleurs

    Zao Wou-ki · Phillips · May 26, 2019
    $6,630,416
18. 18
    in der Art Bildnis eines jungen Mannes

    Sandro Botticelli · Schuler Auktionen · Jun 28, 2019
    $6,558,720
19. 19
    The Conductor

    Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · Jun 27, 2019
    $6,327,758
20. 20
    Girl in Mirror

    Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · Mar 7, 2019
    $6,299,520
21. 21
    Pumpkin

    Yayoi Kusama · Ravenel · Jun 2, 2019
    $6,278,467
22. 22
    THE WALK HOME

    Kaws · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $5,955,000
23. 23
    Horse and Rider

    Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $5,955,000
24. 24
    SYNTHESE HIVERNALE C

    Chu Teh-chun · Artcurial · Jun 4, 2019
    $5,666,414
25. 25
    Black Gamma

    Alexander Calder · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $5,477,500
26. 26
    Lucrèce

    Artemisia Gentileschi · Artcurial · Nov 13, 2019
    $5,115,039
27. 27
    24.1.61/62

    Zao Wou-ki · Artcurial · Jun 4, 2019
    $5,099,716
28. 28
    Ohne Titel (Meine Lügen sind ehrliche)

    Martin Kippenberger · Phillips · Mar 7, 2019
    $5,006,806
29. 29
    Untitled

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Jun 27, 2019
    $4,884,719
30. 30
    Femme assise dans un fauteuil

    Pablo Picasso · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $4,820,000
31. 31
    Before the Shot

    Norman Rockwell · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $4,700,000
32. 32
    Untitled

    Cy Twombly · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $4,700,000
33. 33
    Paysan catalan inquiet par le passage d'un vol d'oiseaux

    Joan Miró · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $4,580,000
34. 34
    Untitled (Elegy)

    Robert Motherwell · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $4,580,000
35. 35
    Start Over Please

    Ed Ruscha · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $4,220,000
36. 36
    Portrait of G. David Thompson

    Alberto Giacometti · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $4,220,000
37. 37
    Little Thinker

    Yoshitomo Nara · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $4,220,000
38. 38
    29.05-31.10.68

    Zao Wou-ki · Phillips · Nov 24, 2019
    $4,159,890
39. 39
    Blue Umbrella I

    Alex Katz · Phillips · Oct 2, 2019
    $4,144,163
40. 40
    Thermopolae

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Nov 24, 2019
    $4,083,210
41. 41
    No title

    Eva Hesse · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $3,980,000
42. 42
    Homme assis (Mardi gras)

    Pablo Picasso · Phillips · Jun 27, 2019
    $3,909,555
43. 43
    Robot Man

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · May 16, 2019
    $3,860,000
44. 44
    Untitled

    Cy Twombly · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $3,740,000
45. 45
    Studio Interior #2

    David Hockney · Phillips · Jun 27, 2019
    $3,680,703
46. 46
    Toilette der Venus

    Guido Reni · Hampel Fine Art Auctions · Jun 27, 2019
    $3,536,070
47. 47
    Berkeley #66

    Richard Diebenkorn · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $3,500,000
48. 48
    She Isn't Afraid of Mondrian

    Liu Ye · Phillips · Nov 24, 2019
    $3,393,090
49. 49
    Hulk (Friends)

    Jeff Koons · Phillips · Nov 14, 2019
    $3,380,000
50. 50
    Plans diagonaux II

    František Kupka · Galerie Kodl · May 26, 2019
    $3,378,180

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