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Within the art world there were great artists who currently have great artistic value due to their contributions to art throughout the world, in many cases these are taken as references. Obviously, his works do not go unnoticed by fans and experts, as they are valued in large, but very large amounts of money. I found it interesting, so I started to investigate and that is why today I bring you the 6 most expensive paintings in the world.
Number 6
"El grito" (the Scream) Edvard Munch
119,9 millions of dollars
This work has 4 versions made by this great painter, but the most emblematic is currently exhibited in the National Gallery of Norway and it was this same version that reached the figure of 119.9 million dollars in the year 2012 in an auction, by then it became the most expensive work sold at auction in the world.
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Number 5
"El Sueño" (the dream) Pablo Picasso
155 millions of dollars
This painting was acquired by a US billionaire in 2013 for the figure of 155 million dollars, this work by Picasso was made in 1932 and is currently located in the city of New York.
Number 4
"Les femmes d'Alger" (The women of Algiers) Pablo Picasso
179.365.000 dollars
Again Pablo Picasso with one of his incredible works, this time was at an auction in New York in 2015 when this painting reached the amount of 179 million dollars, at the beginning the buyer remained anonymous but afterwards it was known that it had been "Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani" who is the prime minister of Qatar.
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Number 3
"Los jugadores de cartas" (Card players) Paul Cézanne
250 millions of dollars
This work was done in 1890 by Paul Cézanne, who wanted to join a movement of paintings related to card games in which there were several participating artists, at present it is owned by the royal family of Qatar, as it was bought by them in 2011 in a private sale for an amount of 250 million dollars.
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Number 2
"Nafea faa Ipoipo" (When will you get married? ) Paul Gauguin
300 millions of dollars
Acquired by the royal family of Qatar at an auction in London in 2015, this work was carried out in 1892 in Tahiti. This painting belonged to the grandson of Rudolf Staechelin, one of the greatest Swiss art collectors.
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Number 1
"Salvator Mundi" (Savior of the world) Leonardo Da Vinci
450.3 millions of dollars
The great Leonardo Da Vinci could not miss this list, with a painting made in the year 1500 in which Jesus Christ is portrayed, this work was sold in an auction to a buyer who wanted to remain anonymous, and is currently in Abu Dhabi , but according to the New York Times the buyer was the Saudi prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohamed bin Farhan al Saud. If the painting is in Abu Dhabi it could be said that it is true that this prince was the buyer. Fun fact (this is the last work of Da Vinci that is in private hands), without a doubt I think that this is an incredible painting, when I saw it I could perceive the great meaning it has.
Friends, I hope this post has been to your liking and that you have satiated your curiosity, I hope your support if it was like that, see you in a next post my dear Steemians.
