Pablo Picasso's canvas "Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)" was the most expensive lot sold by auction house Christie's in 2021. The artist's oil painting, sold during a 20th century evening sale in New York, recorded a price realized of 103.4 million U.S. dollars, the highest figure for any work sold at auction that year. Meanwhile, Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" was the most expensive lot by a living artist sold by Christie's in 2021. The artwork, a digital collage stored on the Ethereum blockchain as a non-fungible token (NFT), was sold on March 2021 in the first major auction of crypto art worldwide.
Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Price realized in thousand U.S. dollars
Pablo Picasso - Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)
103,410
Jean-Michel Basquiat - In This Case
93,105
Vincent van Gogh - Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès
71,350
Beeple - Everydays: The First 5000 Days
69,346
Paul Cezanne - L'Estaque aux toits rouges
55,320
Gustave Caillebotte - Jeune homme à sa fenêtre
53,030
Claude Monet - Waterloo Bridge, effet de brouillard
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Christie's. (December 20, 2021). Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. "Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. (2021). Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. "Most Expensive Lots Sold by Christie's at Auction Sales Worldwide in 2021, by Price Realized (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's, Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/ (last visited May 17, 2022)
