'De Kooning Painting Ties Auction Record'. was an auction record for a work by any living artist. Jasper Johns's fiercely compelling Diver, from 1962, which brought $4.2 million last Tuesday at Christie's. was sold last night at Christie's for $7 million, the highest price ever paid for a work by a living artist. 'Johns's 'White Flag' Is Sold for Record Price'.

Johns's 'False Start' was sold for $10 million more than his White Flag had brought at Christie's, establishing a new high for a work by a living artist. 'Jasper Johns Painting Is Sold for $17 Million'. 'Sothebys Scores Its Highest-Ever $316M Contemporary Auction'.

^ Gleadell, Colin (November 26, 2007).

^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (May 19, 2008).

'Gerhard Richter painting owned by Eric Clapton sets auction record'. 'At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction'.

^ a b Vogel, Carol (October 19, 2018).

^ Sophie Prideaux, World's largest painting created in Dubai by Sacha Jafri sells for record-breaking $62 million, The National, March 23, 2021.

^ British artist sells world's largest painting The Journey of Humanity for $62m, The Guardian, March 22, 2021.

'Works by Johns and de Kooning Sell for $143.5 Million'. 'David Hockney Painting Sells for $90 Million, Smashing Record for Living Artist'.

^ a b Reyburn, Scott Pogrebin, Robin (November 16, 2018).

^ a b 'The 10 Moments That Defined Art in the 2010s'.

'Jeff Koons Rabbit Sets Auction Record for Most Expensive Work by Living Artist'.

^ a b c Holmes, Pernilla (October 1, 2007).

'Planting a Johns 'Flag' in a Private Collection'.

^ a b c Vogel, Carol (March 18, 2010).

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In 1890, Alfred Chauchard, owner of the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store, purchased Ernest Meissonier's 1814 The Campaign of France from a banker for 850,000 Fr (US$162,000 in 1890 equivalent to $5 million in 2021), the highest price for a painting by an artist alive or dead.

In 1967, citizens of Basel, Switzerland, raised nearly $2 million to buy two Picasso paintings for their Kunstmuseum Basel.

The Whitney Museum of American Art privately purchased Jasper Johns's Three Flags in 1980 for $1 million ($3 million in 2021 dollars), then a record price for a living artist.

Griffin to David Geffen on October 12, 2006, for a then record $80 million.($108 million in 2021 dollars)

Another Jasper Johns painting, False Start (1959), was sold by Kenneth C.

Privately, Damien Hirst's For the Love of God (2007), composed of diamond and platinum, sold to a consortium including the artist in August 2007 for $100 million.($131 million in 2021 dollars).

Cohen to Jean-Christophe Castelli for ca $110 million in 2010 ($137 million in 2021 dollars).

Jasper Johns' 1958 Flag painting was sold by Steven A.

L'Enigme du Desir/ Ma Mere, Ma Mere, Ma Mere The current record price for a painting is $90 million for David Hockney's 1972 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), set the prior year. The current record price is US$91 million for Jeff Koons's 1986 sculpture, Rabbit, set in 2019. As a progressive record listing, it only lists auctions records that topple the previous best. This is a list of progressive records of the highest price ever paid at auction for the work of an artist who was living at time of sale. Humanity Inspired Royal Charity Auction, Dubai Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)

This is a list of highest prices ever paid-at auction or private sale-for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale.

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