Most expensive art in private hands: the Impressionists and Modernists
We continue to publish a list of the most expensive works of art in private collections in the online version of the journal theartwolf.com ( on the works of Old Masters in private collections is available here ). At this time we will focus on the most valuable Impressionist and Modern paintings.
experts evaluated the work site theartwolf.com based on many factors, including whether the provenance and history of sales. In the calculation were taken only those works that are not displayed on a permanent basis in private collections and galleries, while the list did not include some important work on the export of which is vetoed (as even a theoretical possibility to reach the open market, they do not). Thus, the twenty most expensive works of Impressionist and Modern from private collections will look like this:
| players card. 1892-1893 Oil on canvas. 97 × 130 < br /> Formerly included in the collection of George Embirikosa estimated at 120-160 million dollars Source: |
This is the latest version of the famous works of Cezanne. Psychologism, which discharged the face of players, makes the picture a masterpiece of post-impressionism. In contrast, Picasso or Van Gogh, Cezanne's works rarely appear at auction." Players Card "by many considered his best work in private hands. Recently there were rumors that the former owner sold it in a private transaction for $ 250 million.
![PABLO](/content/download/news_2011/20110806_2pablo_picasso_les_noces_de_pierrette.jpg") Pablo Picasso Marriage Pierrette. 1905 Oil on canvas. 115 × 195 Private Collection, Japan estimated at 100-150 million dollars Source: |
Picasso "The Marriage of Pierrette" - a "sleeping beauty" on the art market, tucked away in a safe-deposit box back in the early 1990s. Perhaps the best canvas by Picasso in private hands, a masterpiece in every way, he absorbed all the magic, mystery and melancholy of "blue period" of the artist.
work was sold in Paris in 1989 to 51.67 million dollars (86 million by today's standards). Picasso significantly increased in price: "Boy with a Pipe" sold for $ 104 million in 2004, and the work "Dream" were going to buy for 139 million dollars, but the deal fell through, because owner accidentally damaged the painting.
| Portrait of Dr. Gachet. 1890 Oil on canvas. 68 × 57 Private collection An estimated 90-130 million dollars Source: |
sales history of this famous paintings can tell a lot about "the Japanese buying spree" of the late 1980s - early 1990s. "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" in 1990, bought for 82.5 million dollars (then the most expensive work of art in the world at the current rate - almost 130 million) in the late 1990s, no one sell it to a private collector for an unknown price (someone said about 90 million in 1997.) Location of the portrait is still unknown, according to some sources, "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" already returned to Europe, which means that collectors can expect to see the painting on the open market. More information about the "Portrait of Dr. Gachet," read the here .
| < div class = "imgcenter"> Reflections in a pond weeping willow with kuvshinkami.1920-1926 Oil on canvas. 200 × 425 Private collection is estimated at 90-120 million dollars Source: |
This work - the only one of a series of monumental paintings of Monet's water lilies with in private hands. His decades-not exposed, color reproductions online now not found. However, this is the most expensive work by Monet in the private property. Personal auction record for Monet's works - 80.5 million dollars paid for the work 'pond with water lilies, "a smaller size (100 × 200).
| Nude on a background of green leaves and bust. 1932 Oil on canvas. 162 × 132 Private collection is estimated at 90-110 million dollars Source: artinvestment.ru |
is sensual and colorful work at New York auctions in May 2010 became the most expensive work sold at auction. Cubist painting bought for 106.5 million dollars. Prior to the legendary auction Christie's work is not exhibited since 1961. More about it read the here .
| Dream. 1932 Oil on canvas. 130 × 97 Steve Wynn Collection An estimated 85-110 million dollars Source: artinvestment.ru | Boy with a Pipe. 1904 Oil on canvas. 100 × 81,3 Private collection is estimated at 90-105 million dollars Source: artinvestment.ru |
and two works by Pablo Picasso in the list of most expensive paintings of impressionists and modernists in private collections. Portrait of "Dream" beloved artist Marie-Therese Walter, asleep in a red chair was sold for 48.4 million dollars in New York in 1997. And in 2006, as we mentioned above, its going to get in a private transaction for 139 million dollars, but the deal fell through, because owner accidentally poked his elbow now, thus reducing its likely costs.
Work Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the first work of fiction in history to break the price barrier of $ 100 million in an open competitive transaction. In 2004, Sotheby's auction of an unknown buyer purchased the painting in 1905 for 104.1 million dollars.
| < a title = "Vincent van Gogh self-portrait with bandaged ear. 1889" false; "style = display: block; "> Self-portrait with bandaged ear. 1889 Oil on canvas. 60,5 × 50 < br /> A collection of family Niarhos An estimated 80-100 million dollars Source: |
Among the works of Western painting self-portraits by Van Gogh are among the most recognizable. Early this "Self-portrait with bandaged ear," was in the collection of Leah B. Block in Chicago, the family acquired its Niarhos private, presumably for 80-90 million dollars in the early 1990s. Another portrait of Van Gogh in 1998 was sold for 71.5 million dollars.
![VASILY](/content/download/news_2011/20110806_9kandinsky.jpg") Wassily Kandinsky V. Song 1911 Oil on canvas. 190 × 275 Ronald Lauder Collection An estimated 75-100 million dollars Source: |
«Composition V» , with its impressive size and rich composition, referred to as the best Early works of abstract art. Sold in a private transaction in 1998 for 40-50 million dollars. None of the work of Kandinsky, a level not been seen recently in the market.
| Moulin de la Galette. 1876 Oil on canvas. 78 × 114 Private collection, Europe An estimated 75-100 million dollars Source: artinvestment.ru |
| < div class = "imgcenter"> naked in a black chair. 1932 Oil on canvas. 161,9 × 130 Private Collection An estimated 75-100 million dollars Source: |
Picasso Portraits early 1930s, referred to his greatest achievements, collectors hunt for them all over the world. "Nude in the black chair" - is another image of Marie-Therese Walter in a new image. In 1999 the painting was sold for $ 45 million. The work is comparable to value with a portrait of "The Dream" and "Nude on a background of green leaves and bust».
| View of Mount Saint-Victoire from Les Lowe. 1904 Oil on canvas. 65 × 81 Private collection is estimated at 70-100 million dollars Source: |
This is one of the best images of Mount Saint-Victoire in the works of Cezanne.'s masterpiece certainly more significant and more carefully written out, what other job, "Mount Saint-Victoire", which was sold for 38.1 million dollars for Phillips in 2001.
| Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II. 1912 Oil on canvas. 190 × 120 Private collection is estimated at 75-95 million dollars Source: artinvestment.ru |
second version of the famous portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. At the tender blade fell in 2006 after a long restorative dispute. Then this job auction rescued 88 millions of dollars. The first version of the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer in the same 2006 was bought for $ 135 million Ronald Lauder (permanently exhibited in his "New Gallery" in New York).
| woman sitting in the garden. 1938 Oil on canvas. 130 × 97 Private collection is estimated at 75-95 million dollars Source: | Dora Maar with cat. 1941 < br /> Oil on canvas. 130 × 97 Private Collection (Boris Ivanishvili?) estimated at 75-95 million dollars Source: |
| Portrait without beard. 1889 Oil on canvas. 40 × 31 Private collection is estimated at 75-95 million dollars Source: |
The last self-portrait by Van Gogh, along with" Self-portrait with bandaged ear, "is privately owned. At New York's Christie's auction in 1998 it was sold for an impressive for its time, 71.5 million dollars (almost 95 million adjusted for inflation).
