List of most expensive photographs

Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight
Billy the Kid
A black-and-white print of the Tobolsk Kremlin photo by Dmitry Medvedev sold at a charity auction in January 2010 for 51 million rubles.

This is a list of the highest prices paid for photographs (in US dollars unless otherwise stated).

Rank Artist Work Price Date Seller/Auction
1 Andreas Gursky Rhein II (1999) $4,338,500 November 8, 2011 Christie's New York[1]
2 Cindy Sherman Untitled #96 (1981) $3,890,500 May 2011 Christie's New York[2][lower-alpha 1]
3 Jeff Wall Dead Troops Talk (A vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986) (1992) $3,666,500 May 8, 2012 Christie's New York[4]
4 Andreas Gursky 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001) $3,346,456 February 2007 Sotheby's London auction[5][lower-alpha 2]
5 Edward Steichen The Pond-Moonlight (1904) $2,928,000 February 2006 Sotheby's New York auction[6]
6 Cindy Sherman Untitled #153 (1985) $2,700,000 November 2010 Phillips de Pury & Co. New York[2]
7 unknown Billy the Kid (1879–80) tintype portrait $2,300,000 June 2011 Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction[7]
8 Dmitry Medvedev Tobolsk Kremlin (2009) $1,750,000 January 2010 Christmas Yarmarka, Saint Petersburg[8][9][10]
9 Edward Weston Nude (1925) $1,609,000 April 2008 Sotheby's New York auction[11]
10 Alfred Stieglitz Georgia O'Keeffe (Hands) (1919) $1,470,000 February 2006 Sotheby's New York auction[6]
11 Alfred Stieglitz Georgia O'Keeffe Nude (1919) $1,360,000 February 2006 Sotheby's New York auction[6]
12 Richard Prince Untitled (Cowboy) (1989)[12] $1,248,000 November 2005 Christie's New York auction[13]
13 Richard Avedon Dovima with elephants (1955) $1,151,976 November 2010 Christie's Paris auction[14]
14 Edward Weston Nautilus (1927) $1,082,500 April 2010 Sotheby's New York auction[15]
15 Jeff Wall Untangling (1994) $780,000
(A$1,000,000) 		November 2006 The National Gallery of Victoria [16]
16 Eugène Atget Joueur d'Orgue (1898–1899) $686,500 April 2010 Christie's New York auction[17]
17 Robert Mapplethorpe Andy Warhol (1987) $643,200 October 17, 2006 Christie's New York auction[18]
18 Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1948)[19] $609,600 October 2006 Sotheby's New York auction[20]

Notes:

  1. ↑ A seventh print of Untitled #96 sold for $2.88 million at Christie's in May 2012.[3]
  2. ↑ A second print of 99 Cent II Diptychon sold for $2.48 million in November 2006 at a New York gallery, and a third print sold for $2.25 million at Sotheby's in May 2006.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Most Expensive Photo in the World. theatlanticwire.com (2011-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  2. ↑ Sale 2557, Lot 10. Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96. Christie's (2012-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-06-14.
  3. ↑ . theglobeandmail.com (2012-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-05-09.
  4. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The First $3M Photograph. Web.archive.org (2007-03-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  5. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Photograph sale breaks world record. Web.archive.org (2009-02-26). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  6. ↑ Pescovitz, David. "Billy The Kid photo sells for $2.3 million". Boing Boing (Happy Mutants LLC). Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  7. ↑ Топ-10 самых дорогих фотографий мира. Kommersant.ru (2010-01-18). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  8. ↑ Снимок Медведева стал четвертым в списке самых дорогих фотографий мира. Lenta.ru. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  9. ↑ Titova, Irina. (2010-01-16) Medvedev’s photo gets $1.7M at charity auction. The Daily Caller. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  10. ↑ Edward Weston's Nude Sells For $1.6 Million at Sotheby's Setting a New Record For The Artist. Artdaily.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  11. ↑ Richard Prince: Untitled (Cowboy): enlarged view | Works of Art | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metmuseum.org (2011-07-27). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  12. ↑ Lang, Daryl (November 9, 2005). "Prince Print Sets Auction Record For Photography". PDN online.
  13. ↑ RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) | Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955 | Photographs Auction | 1950s, Photographs | Christie's. Christies.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  14. ↑ Sotheby's – Overview. Sothebys.com (2010-04-13). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  15. ↑ Gill, Raymond (2006-12-16). "How much to get the picture?". The Age (Melbourne).
  16. ↑ EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927) | Joueur d'Orgue, c. 1898–1899 | Photographs Auction | late 19th Century, Photographs | Christie's. Christies.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  17. ↑ ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) | Andy Warhol, 1987 | Photographs Auction | Photographs | Christie's. Christies.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
  18. ↑ Ansel Adams, Original Fine Art Photography
  19. ↑ Walker, David (October 19, 2006). "Moonrise Print Sets Auction Record for Ansel Adams". PDN online.

External links