1. Abstract Painting “False Start” – US$ 84.6 Million
The most expensive abstract painting in the world starts with Jasper Johns’ False Start. Sold for 1.1 trillion rupiah in 2006, the painting made in 1959 was once the most expensive abstract painting in the world.
Jasper Johns is a painter born in 1930 from the United States. The name “False Start” was inspired when Jasper Johns was sitting at the Cedar Tavern, a favorite bar for artists at the time. He then saw a race banner entitled False Start. He then decided to name the abstract painting he just made with the name “False Start”.
2. Abstract Painting “Orange, Red, Yellow” – US$ 87 Million
This painting is the work of Mark Rothko, an American artist of Russian Jewish descent. Many art lovers regard him as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejects the label. The man born in 1903 and died in 1970 is considered one of America’s most famous post-war artists, along with Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
3.Abstract Painting “Dora Maar au Chat” – US$ 95.2 Million
This abstract painting is the work of the Spanish painting maestro, Pablo Picasso in 1941. Dora Maar au Chat means Dora Maar with a cat. This painting depicts the abstraction of Dora Maar who was Pablo Picasso’s lover when he was 55 years old and Dora 29 years old. The painting was successfully auctioned in 2006 by a Russian for 1.24 trillion rupiah.
Pablo Picasso during his lifetime has produced 20,000 works of art. Interestingly, Picasso often changed his painting style. This can happen because Picasso has a lot of friends. For example, the blue and pink painting style (because the painting is dominated by blue and pink colors) changed drastically to the Cubism style, due to the influence of his friendship with Georges Braque.
4.Abstract Painting “Anna’s Light” – US$ 105.7 Million
An abstract painting entitled Anna’s Light was sold for more than 1.37 trillion rupiah in 2013 which was purchased by the owner of a Japanese chemical company. This painting with a fairly large dimension is the work of Barnett Newman, a painting maestro from the United States. The theme of the painting entitled “Anna’s Light” was inspired by the life story of the painter’s mother who died in 1965.
5. Abstract Painting “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” – US$ 106.5 Million
Another work by Pablo Picasso that has sold at high prices is an abstract painting entitled “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust”. This painting, which was made in 1932, was auctioned for 1.38 trillion rupiah in 2012. This sensual-themed abstract painting depicts a woman posing naked, which is a depiction of Marie-Therese Walter, the painter’s dark lover. Initially, this painting was collected by Mrs. Sidney F. Brody who has not been exhibited to the public since 1961.
6. Abstract Painting “Woman III” – US$ 137.5 Million
The abstract painting that was sold for 1.79 trillion rupiah was “Woman III” by Willem de Kooning, a painting maestro with the Abstract Expressionist line. The painting “Woman III” is one part of a series of 6 paintings on the theme of women made from 1951-1953. This painting was auctioned for a high price in 2006, and the buyer was billionaire Steven A. Cohen, who also bought another work from Willem de Kooning, the painting “Police Gazette” for $63.5 million, a month earlier.
7. Abstract Painting “No. 5” – US$140 Million
This painting is named “No. 5” or number five, is an abstract painting by Jackson Pollock in 1948. Just like other Abstract Expressionist painters, namely Rothko, Jackson Pollock also often names his paintings with numbers. According to his wife, Pollock often uses numbers for the names of his paintings because it seems neutral and allows the viewer of the painting to give their own picture or perception according to what is in his mind. So, don’t limit it to a certain title.
Abstract painting “No. The 5” according to the New York Times was purchased from David Geffen to David Martinez, rumors circulating that the abstract painting was estimated at 140 million dollars or around 1.82 trillion rupiah.
8. Abstract Painting “Le Reve” – US$155 Million
The abstract painting entitled “Le Reve” or The Dream is one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces made in 1932. This abstract painting depicts the figure of the painter’s dark lover who expresses a distorted expression, with simple lines and contrasting colors resembling the beginning of Fauvism. The first Le Reve painting was sold in 1941 by Victor and Sally Ganz of New York for $7,000.
9. Abstract Painting “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)” – US$179.4 Million
This abstract painting by Pablo Picasso in 1955 was sold quite impressively, worth 179.4 million dollars or around 2.33 trillion rupiah. The painting, entitled “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)” is one of 15 Picasso collections with the theme ‘Women of Algier in their Apartments’. The entire series of paintings on the theme of Les Femmes d’Alger was purchased by Victor and Sally Ganz from the Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris for $212,500 in June 1956.
Then ten of the paintings from the series were sold by Ganz to the Saidenberg Gallery using certain versions, including the “C”, “H”, “K”, “M” and “O” versions. After several different collectors, the O version of the painting in 2013 was sold at an auction by former prime minister of Qata, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
10. Abstract Painting “No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)” – US$186 Million
The most expensive selling abstract painting so far is “No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)” by Mark Rothko. This abstract painting made in 1951 was sold without going through an auction worth 2.4 trillion rupiah by the buyer, Dmitry Rybolovlev (Russia) in 2014. Mark Rothko, who is a painter in the Abstract Expressionism style, produces many beautiful paintings by prioritizing horizontal colors painted on canvas. big.
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