Picasso's Painting Sold at US$115m- Temporarily the 6th Most Expensive Painting in Auction History

Pablo Picasso's Fillette à la corbeille fleurie was sold for US$115,000,000 at Christie's 'Sale of the Century', making it the 6th most expensive painting ever sold in auction history. However, this painting from Picasso's 'Rose Period' might only enjoy its glory of being the 6th most expensive painting for merely 6 days... Let's take a look at the most updated list of the top 10 paintings ever sold at auctions. 
 

1st |Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Salvator Mundi.

Auction house: Christie’s New York

Auction date: 2017/11/15

Buyer: Abu Dhabi

Selling price: US$450,312,500

 

2nd |Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O).

Auction house: Christie’s New York

Auction date: 2015/5/11

Buyer (believed to be): Hamad bin Jassim

Selling price: US$179,365,000

 

3rd |Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). Nu couché.

Auction house: Christie’s New York

Auction date: 2015/11/9

Buyer: Liu Yiqian

Selling price: US$170,405,000

 

4th |Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Three Studies of Lucian Freud.

Auction house: Christie’s New York

Auction date: 2013/11/12

Buyer(believed to be): Elaine Wynn

Selling price: US$142,405,000

 

5th|Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The Scream.

Auction house: Sotheby’s New York

Auction date: 2012/5/2

Buyer (believed to be): Leon Black

Selling price: US$119,922,600

 

6th|Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Fillette à la corbeille fleurie.

Auction house: Christie’s New York

Auction date: 2018/5/8

Buyer: Unknown 

Selling price: US$115,000,000

 

7th|Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). Untitled.

Auction house: Sotheby’s New York

Auction date: 2017/5/18

Buyer: Yusaku Maezawa

Selling price: US$110,487,500

 

8th|Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Nude, Green Leaves and Bust.

Auction house: Christie’s New York

Auction date: 2010/5/4

Buyer (believed to be): Leonard Blavatnik

Selling price: US$106,482,500

 

9th|Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster).

Auction house: Sotheby’s New York

Auction date: 2013/11/13

Buyer: Unknown

Selling price: US$105,445,000

 

10th |Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Garçon à la pipe.

Auction house: Sotheby’s New York

Auction date: 2004/5/5

Buyer: Unknown

Selling price: US$104,168,000


The reason why Picasso's Fillette à la corbeille fleurie might only be in the 6th place for 6 days is because Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) will be sold at Sotheby’s New York very soon. This masterpiece by Modigliani will at least be the 4th most expensive painting in auction history and Picasso's painting will drop to the 7th place on the list.