Top 10 Art Auction Prices in February
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in February 2015 according to artnet Price Database, sold for a total of over $259.3 million.
1.
Gerhard Richter
- Title: Abstraktes bild
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 118.3 x 98.6 in. / 300.5 x 250.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
- Sold For: 30,389,000 GBP (46,352,959 US$) Premium
2.
Claude Monet
- Title: Le grand canal
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 28.7 x 36.2 in. / 73 x 92 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
- Sold For: 23,669,000 GBP (35,802,450 US$) Premium
3.
Cy Twombly
- Title: Untitled (New York)
- Medium: oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas
- Size: 57 x 70 in. / 144.8 x 177.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
- Sold For: 19,682,500 GBP (29,976,393 US$) Premium
4.
Gerhard Richter
- Title: Vierwaldstätter See (Lake Lucerne)
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 47.2 x 59.3 in. / 120 x 150.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
- Sold For: 15,762,500 GBP (24,006,244 US$) Premium
5.
Henri Matisse
- Title: Odalisque au fauteuil noir
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 15 x 18.1 in. / 38 x 46 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
- Sold For: 15,829,000 GBP (23,943,427 US$) Premium
6.
Joan Miró
- Title: Painting (Women, Moon, Birds)
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 44.9 x 57.5 in. / 114 x 146 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
- Sold For: 15,538,500 GBP (23,632,699 US$)
7.
Francis Bacon
- Title: Two studies for self-portrait
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 14 x 12 in. / 35.5 x 30.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
- Sold For: 14,709,000 GBP (22,435,936 US$) Premium
8.
Paul Cézanne
- Title: Vue sur L'Estaque et le Château d'If
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 28.8 x 23.5 in. / 73 x 59.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
- Sold For: 13,522,500 GBP (20,566,539 US$) Premium
9.
Claude Monet
- Title: Les peupliers à Giverny
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 29.1 x 36.5 in. / 74 x 92.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
- Sold For: 10,789,000 GBP (16,319,770 US$) Premium
10.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Title: Au lit: Le baiser
- Medium: peinture à l'essence on board
- Size: 15.4 x 22.8 in. / 39 x 58 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
- Sold For: 10,789,000 GBP (16,319,770 US$) Premium