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What is the most expensive painting in the world?

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Most expensive painting by a female artist. Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On 20 November 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for $44.4 million (equivalent to $45.5 million in 2016). read more

The most expensive work by the most famous legend of Pop Art, Andy Warhol’s monumental „Silver Car Crash“ was the star of the Contemporary Art evening sale at Sotheby’s. #9. $106.5 million. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso, 1932. read more

Gauguin's 1982 picture of two Tahitian girls smashed the record for the world's most expensive single work of art, when Qatar bought the canvas from a Swiss collector for almost $300 million in February. read more

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