At the time of the auction, it was the most expensive photograph ever sold.Įdward Steichen: In High Fashion - The Conde Nast Years, 1923-1937 It was taken in 1904 and it is said that there are only three remaining versions of it in the world today. Once again, the large size is typical for Grusky’s work and this too is 6x12 feet.Įdward Steichen, ‘The Pond- Moonlight”, 2,928,000, 2006 It is also a large scale photograph, a chromogenic color print, depicting the colorful goods inside a supermarket.Īndreas Gursky, “Los Angeles”,$ 2,941,483, Sotheby’s London, February 2008 It has been said that the Cowboy works are actually self-portraits of Prince, as a regular guy.Īndreas Gursky, “99 cent II”, $ 3,346,456, Sotheby’s London, February 2007 It is taken from the famous Marlboro advertising campaign. Richard Prince, “ Untitled- Cowboy”,$ 3,401,000, Sotheby’s New York, November 2007
Jeff Wall: Figures & Places-Selected Works from 1978-2000
It represents Wall’s vision of how dead soldiers would have talked after an ambush of a Red Army Patrol, during the Soviet-Afghan war. Jeff Wall, “Dead troops talk”, $ 3,666,500, Christie’s New York, May 2012 They also call themselves living sculptures. The images represent some of their drunken evenings from the early ‘70s.
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Gilbert and George are an artistic duo known for producing large scale photographic series together. Gilbert and George, “To Her Majesty” ,$ 3,760,741, Christie’s London, June 2008 While the image is clearly composed, the narrative behind it is deliberately ambiguous.Ĭindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film StillsĬindy Sherman: The Early Works: Catalogue Raisonné, 1975-1977 The artist photographed herself in the posture of a teenage girl. It is considered Sherman’s best work from that period and it is one of the most sought after photographs ever. According to Gursky himself, he carried the idea of the picture with him for about a year and a half before taking it, and when he finally took it, some of the elements that bothered him had to be taken out of the frame.Īndreas Gursky: Photographs from 1984 to the PresentĬindy Sherman, “Untitled”, $ 3,890,500, Christie’s New York, May 2011 It is a large scale photograph representing one of the artist’s favorite view points of the Rhein River. With that said, here is the list of the 73 most expensive photographs ever sold.Īndreas Gursky- “Rhein II”, $ 4,335,500, Christie’s New York, November 2011 Most of the transactions in the art world are done through auction houses, and the information they make public is entirely up to them. If that information is untrue or incomplete, I apologize in advance. The second thing I’d like to point out is that the entire list is based on public information.
There are one or two artists who clearly dominate the photography sales in the art world, and if for nothing else, I believe they deserve respect for that. I made this list because I believe it contains some landmarks that will help us get a sense of where photography is in the art world. I know you will probably be amazed of how some of them have been sold for so much money. Before having a look at this list, there are two things I would like to point out.
This time, we decided to make a larger list and bring to light 73 photographs that have been sold in the art world at very high prices. A while ago, we did an article on the top 19 most expensive photographs that seemed to get a lot of attention.
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