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WD_045/ 2004
(  Satoshi Kinoshita )
| Series: | Works on paper: Drawings | | Medium: | crayon and pencil on paper | | Size (inches): | 11.5 x 8.2 | | Size (mm): | 297 x 210 | | Catalog #: | WD_045 | | Description: | Signed, date and copyright in pencil on the reverse.
List of most expensive paintings:
This is a list of the highest prices paid for paintings. Very valuable paintings, if sold, are usually sold at auction.
Most of the world's most famous paintings are owned by museums, who very rarely sell them once acquired. As such, they are quite literally priceless; if for some reason paintings like as the Mona Lisa were to become available, it is highly likely that they would sell for far higher values than the paintings listed below.
* Garçon à la pipe by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $104 million on May 4, 2004 at Sotheby's, New York
* Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $82.5 million on May 15, 1990 at Christie's, New York **
* Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Sold for $78 million on May 17, 1990 at Sotheby's, New York **
* Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Sold for £49.5 million ($76.7 million) on July 10, 2002 at Sotheby's, London
* Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe by Vincent Van Gogh
Sold for $65 million on November 19, 1998 at Christie's, New York.
* Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cézanne
Sold for $55 million on May 10, 1999 at Sotheby's, New York.
* Femme aux Bras Croisés by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $50 million on November 8, 2000 at Christie's, New York.
* Les Noces de Pierrette by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $49 million on November 30, 1989
* Irises by Vincent Van Gogh
Sold for $49 million on November 11, 1987 at Sotheby's, New York.
** Both paintings were bought by Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito. Mr. Saito threatened to have the Van Gogh painting cremated with him at his death. Saito, 75 years old at the time, the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., later stated "What I really wanted to (express)," he said, "was my wish to preserve the paintings forever." Saito, his aides explained, was using a figure of speech: threatening to torch the oils was just an expression of intense affection for the masterpieces. Later, Saito said he would consider giving the paintings to his government or a museum. Saito died in 1996. The fate of the painting is still a mystery.
-From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
$30M fetches painting ar rare Vermeer auction: Thursday, July 08, 2004
LONDON -- The first painting by the Dutch Old Master Johannes Vermeer to be sold at an auction in decades was bought for more than $30 million yesterday. The 10 inch-by-8 inch picture, "Young Woman Seated at the Virginals," far exceeded the reserve price of $5.5 million when it went under the hammer at Sotheby's in central London. The work, showing a young woman playing music, with her face turned toward the viewer, was the first Vermeer painting be put up for auction in more than 80 years, Sotheby's said. A company spokeswoman said it was sold to an anonymous buyer for $30,101,472, including a buyer's premium. The painting is now the only accepted Vermeer work currently in private hands, Sotheby's said. There are just 35 other paintings around the world attributed to Vermeer, making auctions of his work a rare event. The last time a Vermeer was offered for sale at auction was 1921, Sotheby's said.
-www.nj.com/ Newark Star Ledger, NJ.
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