What is the most expensive painting in history? 

It's The Players Charter of the French Paul Cézanne, which sold for more than $ 250 million in 2011 The work, made ​​between 1890 and 1895, belonged to the Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos and was acquired by the "bargain" by the royal family Qatar, a country that aims to become a world reference in art. Industry experts estimate that in recent years, the royal family has spent $ 1.6 billion acquiring works of art. It is speculated, moreover, it has been a buyer of The Scream, Edvard Munch, another piece that is in the top five of the most expensive in history ($ 120 million) and took the name of its new owner kept confidential. Players of the Charter is part of a series that has four parts scattered in different museums: the Metropolitan of Art in New York, D'Orsay, Paris, the Courtauld, London, and the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (USA ). 

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N.5 

Jackson Pollock 

US $ 151.4 million 

 

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Willem de Kooning 

US $ 148.7 million 

 

PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH-BAUER I 

Gustav Klimt 

$ 146 million