GITNUX MARKETDATA REPORT 2024
Statistics About The Most Expensive Abstract Art
The most expensive abstract art pieces have reached record-breaking sales prices, reflecting the high demand and value placed on these unique and innovative works.
In this post, we explore the world of high-priced abstract art, where millions of dollars change hands for masterpieces that push the boundaries of creativity and abstraction. From iconic names like Kandinsky and de Kooning to lesser-known yet equally remarkable artists, the art market continues to be a fascinating realm of incredible valuations and artistic expression.
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"The most expensive abstract artwork ever sold at auction is Wassily Kandinsky's "Rigide et courbé" for just over $33.7 million."
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"Willem de Kooning’s 1955 oil painting 'Woman III' was sold privately for $137.5 million in 2006."
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"Joan Miró's 'Peinture (Etoile Bleue)' was sold at an auction for more than $37 million in 2012."
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"Gerhard Richter’s 'Abstraktes Bild (599)' sold for $46.3 million at Sotheby’s in 2015."
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"Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' reached a whooping amount of $142.4 million in a public auction in 2013."
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"Piet Mondrian's ‘Composition No. III, with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black’ 1929 was sold for $50.6 million in 2015."
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"Clyfford Still’s '1949-A-No. 1' fetched a shocking price of $61.68 million in a public auction in 2011."
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"Kazimir Malevich 'Suprematist Composition', a seminal abstract artwork, was sold at an auction for a record-breaking price of $85.8 million in 2018."
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"Jean-Michel Basquiat's untitled painting from 1982 fetched $110.5 million in 2017 at an auction."
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"The painting 'Interchange' by Willem de Kooning was sold privately for $300 million in 2015, reportedly the highest price ever paid for a painting."
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"The painting 'Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio' by Lucio Fontana was auctioned off for a price of 29.2 million dollars in 2015."
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"The painting 'Alpha-Partie' by Gerard Schneider, a french abstract painter, was auctioned for approximately $2.55 million in 2019."
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"The painting 'Elektra' by William Gear was sold for approximately $1.9 million in 2015."
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"Sigmar Polke's 'Jungle' was sold for $27.1 million in a 2017 auction at Christie's."
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"The painting 'Reine de la nuit' by Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) was sold for approximately $6.8 million in 2019."
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"The painting 'Oppy’s Strip No. 4' by Terry Frost, was auctioned off for an astounding $439,346 in 2016."
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"In 2015, 'Nr. 2' by Serge Poliakoff, the Russian-French artist known for his use of vibrant colors and abstract graphics, was auctioned off for approximately $2.29 million."
Jannik Lindner
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