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Most Expensive Paintings
| Rank |
Price |
Name of Painting |
Painter |
Year Sold |
| 1. |
$140 million |
No. 5, 1948 |
Jackson Pollock |
2006 |
| 2. |
$135 million |
Adele Bloch-Bauer I |
Gustav Klimt |
2006 |
| 3. |
$104 million |
Boy with a Pipe |
Pablo Picasso |
2004 |
| 4. |
$95.2 million |
Dora Maar with Cat |
Pablo Picasso |
2006 |
| 5. |
$82.5 million |
Portrait du Dr. Gachet |
Vincent van Gogh |
1990 |
| 6. |
$78.1 million |
Au Moulin de la Galette |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
1990 |
| 7. |
$76.7 million |
The Massacre of the Innocents |
Paul Rubens |
2002 |
| 8. |
$71.5 million |
Portrait de L'Artiste sans Barbe |
Vincent van Gogh |
1998 |
| 9. |
$60.5 million |
Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier |
Paul Cézanne |
1999 |
| 10. |
$55 million |
Femme aux Bras Croises |
Pablo Picasso |
2000 |
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