Top 100 auction records
| Rank | Artist | Artwork | Auction result ($) | Auction House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MONET Claude (1840-1926) | Meule (1891) | 81,447,500 | Nov 16, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 2 | KOONING de Willem (1904-1997) | Untitled XXV (1977) | 66,327,500 | Nov 15, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 3 | PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973) | Femme assise (1909) | 63,220,336 | Jun 21, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 4 | RUBENS Peter Paul (1577-1640) | Lot and his Daughters | 58,077,955 | Jul 7, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 5 | BASQUIAT Jean-Michel (1960-1988) | Untitled (1982) | 57,285,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 6 | MODIGLIANI Amedeo (1884-1920) | Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) (1919) | 56,265,500 | Jun 21, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 7 | MUNCH Edvard (1863-1944) | Pikene på broen (girls on the bridge) (1902) | 54,487,500 | Nov 14, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 8 | REN Renfa (1255-1327) | Five Drunken Kings Return on Horses | 44,149,512 | Dec 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Beijing |
| 9 | CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) | The Grand Snowing Mountains (2013) | 39,577,200 | Apr 4, 2016 Poly Auction Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| 10 | TWOMBLY Cy (1928-2011) | Untitled (New York City) (1968) | 36,650,000 | May 11, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 11 | BACON Francis (1909-1992) | “Two Studies For A Self-Portrait” (1970) | 34,970,000 | May 11, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 12 | FU Baoshi (1904-1965) | The Gold of Cloud and the Great Lord of Fate (1954) | 34,960,000 | Jun 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 13 | ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) | Peach Blossom Spring (1982) | 34,917,720 | Apr 5, 2016 Sotheby’s Hong Kong |
| 14 | RICHTER Gerhard (b. 1932) | A B, Still (1986) | 33,987,500 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 15 | MOORE Henry (1898-1986) | Reclining Figure: Festival (1951) | 33,125,678 | Jun 30, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 16 | ROTHKO Mark (1903-1970) | No. 17 (1957) | 32,645,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 17 | ZENG Gong (1019-1083) | The Jushi in Regular Script | 31,691,700 | May 15, 2016 China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. Beijing |
| 18 | GENTILESCHI Orazio (1563-1639) | Danaë | 30,490,000 | Jan 28, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 19 | WU Guanzhong (1919-2010) | The Zhou Village (1997) | 30,444,000 | Apr 4, 2016 Poly Auction Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| 20 | QI Baishi (1864-1957) | Album of landscapes (1931) | 28,386,600 | Dec 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 21 | STILL Clyfford (1904-1980) | PH-234 (1948) | 28,165,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 22 | PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973) | Tête de femme (1935) | 27,161,517 | Feb 3, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 23 | BACON Francis (1909-1992) | Version No. 2 of Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe (1968) | 27,122,926 | Jun 30, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 24 | MONET Claude (1840-1926) | Le bassin aux nymphéas (1919) | 27,045,000 | May 12, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 25 | JIANG Tingxi (1669-1732) | Peony Albumn | 26,429,530 | Jun 7, 2016 Beijing Council International Auctions Beijing |
| 26 | RICHTER Gerhard (b. 1932) | “Düsenjäger” (1963) | 25,565,000 | Nov 16, 2016 Phillips New York NY |
| 27 | WU Zhen (1280-1354) | The wind forebodes the coming storm (1338) | 25,105,650 | Dec 6, 2016 Beijing Council International Auctions Beijing |
| 28 | WARHOL Andy (1928-1987) | Self-Portrait (Fright Wig) | 24,425,000 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 29 | ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) | The Swiss snow mountain (1965) | 23,878,140 | Dec 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 30 | DUBUFFET Jean (1901-1985) | Les Grandes Artères (1961) | 23,767,500 | Nov 15, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 31 | KANDINSKY Wassily (1866-1944) | Rigide et courbé (1935) | 23,319,500 | Nov 16, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 32 | FREUD Lucian (1922-2011) | Pregnant Girl (1960/61) | 23,175,716 | Feb 10, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 33 | RICHTER Gerhard (b. 1932) | A B, St. James (1988) | 22,737,500 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 34 | PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973) | Buste de femme (Dora Maar) (1938) | 22,647,500 | Nov 16, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 35 | RICHTER Gerhard (b. 1932) | Abstraktes Bild (809-2) (1994) | 22,087,500 | Nov 15, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 36 | LICHTENSTEIN Roy (1923-1997) | Nudes in Mirror (1994) | 21,530,000 | Nov 16, 2016 Phillips New York NY |
| 37 | RODIN Auguste (1840-1917) | L’éternel printemps (1884) | 20,410,000 | May 9, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 38 | CONSTABLE John (1776-1837) | View on the Stour near Dedham, full-scale sketch (c.1821-1822) | 18,869,142 | Jun 30, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 39 | BASQUIAT Jean-Michel (1960-1988) | Brother’s Sausage (1983) | 18,650,000 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 40 | PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973) | Homme à la pipe (1969) | 18,391,500 | Nov 16, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 41 | CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944) | Lotus in the Autumn Wind (2016) | 18,252,239 | Oct 3, 2016 Poly Auction Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| 42 | CATTELAN Maurizio (b. 1960) | Him (2001) | 17,189,000 | May 8, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 43 | RODIN Auguste (1840-1917) | Iris, messagère des Dieux (1890/91) | 16,673,221 | Feb 3, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 44 | MONET Claude (1840-1926) | Le palais ducal vu de Saint-Georges Majeur (1908) | 16,673,221 | Feb 3, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 45 | VLAMINCK de Maurice (1876-1958) | Sous-bois (1905) | 16,378,000 | May 9, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 46 | DOIG Peter (b. 1959) | “The Architect’s Home in the Ravine” (1991) | 16,346,086 | Feb 11, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 47 | MATISSE Henri (1869-1954) | La leçon de piano (1923) | 15,543,712 | Feb 3, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 48 | TWOMBLY Cy (1928-2011) | Untitled [Bacchus 1st Version V] (2004) | 15,370,000 | May 11, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 49 | KOONS Jeff (b. 1955) | One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series) (1985) | 15,285,000 | May 8, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 50 | ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) | Landscape After Ju Ran | 15,204,150 | Nov 12, 2016 China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. Beijing |
| 51 | LANG Shih-Ning (1688-1766) | Eight horses | 15,110,667 | May 31, 2016 Paragon International Auction Hong Kong |
| 52 | SONG Ke (1327-1387) | Calligraphy after Jijiu Zhang and Inscriptions | 14,085,200 | May 15, 2016 China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. Beijing |
| 53 | WOOL Christopher (b. 1955) | “Untitled” (1990) | 13,914,000 | May 11, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 54 | QIU Ying (c.1494-1551/52) | Calligraphy | 13,692,360 | Dec 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 55 | STILL Clyfford (1904-1980) | Untitled (c.1948/49) | 13,690,000 | Nov 16, 2016 Phillips New York NY |
| 56 | WU Guanzhong (1919-2010) | A Lotus Pond (1997) | 13,689,179 | Oct 3, 2016 Poly Auction Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| 57 | WOOL Christopher (b. 1955) | “And If You” (1992) | 13,605,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 58 | BASQUIAT Jean-Michel (1960-1988) | “Hannibal” (1982) | 13,411,211 | Oct 7, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 59 | SAN Yu (1901-1966) | Chrysanthèmes dans un vase en verre (1950′) | 13,351,461 | Nov 26, 2016 Christie’s Wanchai |
| 60 | BURRI Alberto (1915-1995) | Sacco e Rosso (c.1959) | 13,150,663 | Feb 10, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 61 | RICHTER Gerhard (b. 1932) | Garten (1982) | 12,984,693 | Oct 7, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 62 | O’KEEFFE Georgia (1887-1986) | Lake George Reflection (c.1921-1922) | 12,933,000 | May 19, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 63 | PICASSO Pablo (1881-1973) | Le peintre et son modèle (1963) | 12,906,000 | Nov 14, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 64 | LI Keran (1907-1989) | Landscapes | 12,785,585 | Jun 6, 2016 Beijing Council International Auctions Beijing |
| 65 | MODIGLIANI Amedeo (1884-1920) | Jeune femme à la rose (Margherita) (1916) | 12,765,000 | May 12, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 66 | YUN Shouping (1633-1690) | Landscape | 12,435,295 | Jun 5, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 67 | MODIGLIANI Amedeo (1884-1920) | Madame Hanka Zborowska (1917) | 12,130,085 | Jun 22, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 68 | CURRIN John (b. 1962) | Nice ‘n Easy (1999) | 12,007,500 | Nov 15, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 69 | FRANCIS Sam (1923-1994) | Summer #1 (1957) | 11,842,000 | May 11, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 70 | CHU Teh-Chun (1920-2014) | Vertige neigeux (snowy vertigo) (1990-1999) | 11,835,597 | Nov 26, 2016 Christie’s Wanchai |
| 71 | WU Zhen (1280-1354) | Ink Bamboo | 11,822,288 | Jun 5, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 72 | HOCKNEY David (b. 1937) | “Woldgate Woods, 24, 25, and 26 October 2006” (2006) | 11,712,500 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 73 | MONET Claude (1840-1926) | Au Petit-Gennevilliers (1874) | 11,365,000 | May 12, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 74 | ERNST Max (1891-1976) | The Stolen Mirror (1941) | 10,928,011 | Feb 2, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 75 | RYMAN Robert (b. 1930) | “Connect” (2002) | 10,775,500 | Nov 15, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 76 | MARTIN Agnes (1912-2004) | “Orange Grove” (1965) | 10,693,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 77 | SIGNAC Paul (1863-1935) | Maisons du port, Saint-Tropez (1892) | 10,666,000 | May 9, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 78 | DELVAUX Paul (1897-1994) | Le miroir (1936) | 10,541,602 | Feb 3, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 79 | SCHIELE Egon (1890-1918) | Selbstbildnis mit gespreizten Fingern (1909) | 10,367,490 | Feb 2, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 80 | KOONING de Willem (1904-1997) | Untitled (1976/77) | 10,362,500 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 81 | BRAQUE Georges (1882-1963) | Mandoline à la partition (Le Banjo) (1941) | 10,245,000 | May 12, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 82 | MATISSE Henri (1869-1954) | Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel (1928) | 10,047,192 | Feb 2, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 83 | ZHU Da (1626-1705) | Album of Nature (1684) | 9,906,008 | May 29, 2016 China Guardian Hong Kong |
| 84 | MONET Claude (1840-1926) | Marée basse aux petites-dalles (1884) | 9,882,000 | May 9, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 85 | KOONING de Willem (1904-1997) | Untitled XXXIX (1983) | 9,800,000 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 86 | MITCHELL Joan (1926-1992) | “Noon” (1969) | 9,797,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 87 | FU Baoshi (1904-1965) | Singing Beauty (1945) | 9,713,763 | Nov 12, 2016 China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. Beijing |
| 88 | ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) | Dakini | 9,701,400 | Jun 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 89 | PRINCE Richard (b. 1949) | “Runaway Nurse” (2005-2006) | 9,685,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 90 | MONET Claude (1840-1926) | Camille à l’ombrelle verte (1876) | 9,434,000 | May 9, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 91 | RYMAN Robert (b. 1930) | “Venue” (2002) | 9,349,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 92 | SMITH David (1906-1965) | “Zig I” (1961) | 9,210,000 | May 11, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 93 | ZHANG Jizhi (1186-1266) | Calligraphy | 9,183,900 | Dec 4, 2016 Poly International Auction Co.,Ltd Beijing |
| 94 | STILL Clyfford (1904-1980) | “PH-66” (1955) | 9,125,000 | May 10, 2016 Christie’s New York NY |
| 95 | ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013) | Untitled (Vert émeraude) (c.1950) | 9,103,584 | May 28, 2016 Christie’s Hong Kong |
| 96 | SAVILLE Jenny (b. 1970) | Shift (1996/97) | 9,069,466 | Jun 28, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 97 | GHENIE Adrian (b. 1977) | Nickelodeon (2008) | 9,054,022 | Oct 6, 2016 Christie’s London |
| 98 | RICHTER Gerhard (b. 1932) | Ziege (1984) | 8,986,000 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
| 99 | BASQUIAT Jean-Michel (1960-1988) | Untitled (Head of Madman) (1982) | 8,946,609 | Feb 10, 2016 Sotheby’s London |
| 100 | STELLA Frank (b. 1936) | Pratfall (1974) | 8,900,000 | Nov 17, 2016 Sotheby’s New York NY |
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