List of most expensive photographs
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This is a list of the highest prices paid for photographs (in US dollars unless otherwise stated).
Rank | Artist | Work | Price | Date | Seller/Auction |
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1 | Andreas Gursky | Rhein II (1999) | $4,338,500 | November 8, 2011 | Christie's New York[1] |
2 | Cindy Sherman | Untitled #96 (1981) | $3,890,500 | May 2011 | Christie's New York[2][lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Jeff Wall | Dead Troops Talk (A vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986) (1992) | $3,666,500 | May 8, 2012 | Christie's New York[4] |
4 | Andreas Gursky | 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001) | $3,346,456 | February 2007 | Sotheby's London auction[5][lower-alpha 2] |
5 | Edward Steichen | The Pond—Moonlight (1904) | $2,928,000 | February 2006 | Sotheby's New York auction[6] |
6 | Cindy Sherman | Untitled #153 (1985) | $2,700,000 | November 2010 | Phillips de Pury & Co. New York[2] |
7 | unknown | Billy the Kid (1879–80) tintype portrait | $2,300,000 | June 2011 | Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction[7] |
8 | Dmitry Medvedev | Tobolsk Kremlin (2009) | $1,750,000 | January 2010 | Christmas Yarmarka, Saint Petersburg[8][9][10] |
9 | Edward Weston | Nude (1925) | $1,609,000 | April 2008 | Sotheby's New York auction[11] |
10 | Alfred Stieglitz | Georgia O'Keeffe (Hands) (1919) | $1,470,000 | February 2006 | Sotheby's New York auction[6] |
11 | Alfred Stieglitz | Georgia O'Keeffe Nude (1919) | $1,360,000 | February 2006 | Sotheby's New York auction[6] |
12 | Richard Prince | Untitled (Cowboy) (1989)[12] | $1,248,000 | November 2005 | Christie's New York auction[13] |
13 | Man Ray | Untitled Rayograph (1922) | $1,203,750 | April 2013 | Christie's New York[14] |
14 | Richard Avedon | Dovima with elephants (1955) | $1,151,976 | November 2010 | Christie's Paris auction[15] |
15 | Edward Weston | Nautilus (1927) | $1,082,500 | April 2010 | Sotheby's New York auction[16]
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16 | Jeff Wall | Untangling (1994) | $780,000 (A$1,000,000) |
November 2006 | The National Gallery of Victoria [17] |
17 | Eugène Atget | Joueur d'Orgue (1898–1899) | $686,500 | April 2010 | Christie's New York auction[18] |
18 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Andy Warhol (1987) | $643,200 | October 17, 2006 | Christie's New York auction[19] |
19 | Ansel Adams | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1948)[20] | $609,600 | October 2006 | Sotheby's New York auction[21] |
In December 2014, Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled "Phantom" to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the highest price paid for a photograph.[22][23][24] Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism. Claims of the sale have never been proven and the mysterious buyer have never come forward.[25]
Notes
References
- ↑ The Most Expensive Photo in the World. theatlanticwire.com (2011-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cindy Sherman Print Sells For $3.9 Million At Auction, The Highest Ever For A Photograph. Popphoto.com (2011-05-12). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ Sale 2557, Lot 10. Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96. Christie's (2012-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-06-14.
- ↑ [1]. theglobeandmail.com (2012-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-05-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The First $3M Photograph. Web.archive.org (2007-03-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Photograph sale breaks world record. Web.archive.org (2009-02-26). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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- ↑ Топ-10 самых дорогих фотографий мира. Kommersant.ru (2010-01-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ Снимок Медведева стал четвертым в списке самых дорогих фотографий мира. Lenta.ru. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ Titova, Irina. (2010-01-16) Medvedev’s photo gets $1.7M at charity auction. The Daily Caller. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ Edward Weston's Nude Sells For $1.6 Million at Sotheby's Setting a New Record For The Artist. Artdaily.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ Richard Prince: Untitled (Cowboy): enlarged view | Works of Art | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metmuseum.org (2011-07-27). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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- ↑ Untitled Rayograph by Man Ray, 1922 | Photographs Auction | 1950s, Photographs | Christie's. Christies.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) | Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955 | Photographs Auction | The Delighted Eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection | Christie's. Retrieved on 2015-12-30.
- ↑ Sotheby's – Overview. Sothebys.com (2010-04-13). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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- ↑ EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927) | Joueur d'Orgue, c. 1898–1899 | Photographs Auction | late 19th Century, Photographs | Christie's. Christies.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) | Andy Warhol, 1987 | Photographs Auction | Photographs | Christie's. Christies.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
- ↑ Ansel Adams, Original Fine Art Photography
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External links
- Artnet top ten most expensive photographs, April 2003
- The two most expensive Stieglitz photos, 2006, click thumbnalis to enlarge