"The Scream" by Edvard Munch recently sold for a record $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York. Here's a look at other auction house price tags.
"The Scream" by Edvard Munch sold for a record $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York. Less than a week later an oil painting by Mark Rothko sold for $86.9 million at a Christie's auction. But they're not the first pieces of art to wow the public with high price tags.
Can you guess the price of the auction house offerings below?
Roll over the winning bid to see the corresponding artwork.
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"Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust"
Oil on canvas
Circa 1932
Auction house: Christie's New York
Year of sale: 2010
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"Triptych, 1976"
Oil on canvas
Circa 1976
Auction house: Sotheby's New York
Year of sale: 2008
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"Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II"
Oil on canvas
Circa 1912
Auction house: Christie's New York
Year of sale: 2006
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"Dora Maar au chat"
Oil on canvas
Circa 1941
Auction house: Sotheby's New York
Year of sale: 2006
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"L'Homme Qui Marche I"
Bronze sculpture
Circa 1961
Auction house: Sotheby's London
Year of sale: 2010
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"Le basin aux nymphéas"
Oil on canvas
Circa 1919
Auction house: Sotheby's London
Year of sale: 2008
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Click here to reveal the answers, or hover over the prices to see the corresponding artwork.
$80.3 million: "Le basin aux nymphéas," 1919, Claude Monet | $86.2 million: "Triptych," 1976, Francis Bacon | $87.9 million: "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II," 1912, Gustav Klimt | $95.2 million: "Dora Maar au chat," 1941, Pablo Picasso | $104.3 million: "L'Homme quia marche I," 1961, Alberto Giacometti | $106.4 million: "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," 1932, Pablo Picasso
Source: Sotheby's | Interactivity and design by: Lily Mihalik, Armand Emamdjomeh/@emamd, Stephanie Ferrell.
Featured art: "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," by Pablo Picasso / AP | "Triptych, 1976," by Francis Bacon / AP | "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II ," by Gustav Klimt / AP | "Dora Maar au Chat," by Pablo Picasso / AP | "L'Homme qui marche I" by Alberto Giacometti / EPA | "Le bassin aux nymphéas," by Claude Monet / AP
