Top 10 Art Auction Prices in June
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in June 2009 according to artnet's
Price Database, sold for a total of over $74.4 million.
1.
Pablo Picasso
- Title: Homme à l'épée
- Medium: oil on board
- Size: 57.5 x 44.9 in. / 146 x 114 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
- Sold For: 6,985,250 BP (11,448,883 US$) PREMIUM
2.
Claude Monet
- Title: Au Parc Monceau
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 25.7 x 21.3 in. / 65.3 x 54.2 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- Sold For: 6,313,250 BP (10,347,469 US$) PREMIUM
3.
Pablo Picasso
- Title: Homme à l'épée
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 63.8 x 51.2 in. / 162 x 130 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- Sold For: 5,753,250 BP (9,429,625 US$) PREMIUM
4.
Pablo Picasso
- Title: Nu debout
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 76.8 x 38.2 in. / 195 x 97 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
- Sold For: 4,297,250 BP (7,043,228 US$) PREMIUM
5.
Joan Miró
- Title: Peinture (Femme se poudrant)
- Medium: oil, gouache, watercolor, pastel and India ink on canvas
- Size: 13.9 x 18.1 in. / 35.3 x 46 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- Sold For: 3,961,250 BP (6,492,522 US$) PREMIUM
6.
Claude Monet
- Title: Route de Giverny en hiver
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 25.8 x 31.9 in. / 65.5 x 81 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
- Sold For: 3,849,250 BP (6,308,953 US$) PREMIUM
7.
Franz Marc
- Title: Springende Pferde
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 58.5 x 63.2 in. / 148.6 x 160.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- Sold For: 3,737,250 BP (6,125,384 US$) PREMIUM
8.
Andy Warhol
- Title: Mrs. McCarthy and Mrs. Brown (Tunafish disaster)
- Medium: silver paint and silkscreen ink on canvas
- Size: 45.2 x 78.7 in. / 114.9 x 200 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Thursday, June 25, 2009
- Sold For: 3,737,250 BP (6,104,124 US$) PREMIUM
9.
Alberto Giacometti
- Title: Buste de Diego-Aménophis
- Medium: bronze
- Size: 14.90 in. / 37.80 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
- Sold For: 3,401,250 BP (5,574,677 US$) PREMIUM
10.
Pablo Picasso
- Title: Nu assis et joueur de flûte
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 38.2 x 51.1 in. / 97 x 129.9 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- Sold For: 3,401,250 BP (5,574,677 US$) PREMIUM