On May 13, 2021, auction house Christie's sold Pablo Picasso's artwork "Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)" for roughly 103.4 million U.S. dollars. That was the highest price realized recorded at a fine art auction sales that year. Jean-Michel Basquiat's work "In This Case", sold by Christie's on May 11, 2021, recorded the second-highest figure, fetching roughly 93 million U.S. dollars. The price realized is the final auction price, including both the hammer price and the buyer's premium.
Leading fine art auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized
(in million U.S. dollars)
The source specifies that figures refer to Fine Art auctions that occurred between January 1 and December 31, 2021. Data on Fine Art and NFT include paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints, videos, installations, tapestries, but exclude antiques, anonymous cultural goods, and furniture.
Price realized refers to the final auction prize, including the hammer price and buyer's premium. Figures have been rounded.
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ArtPrice.com. (March 15, 2022). Leading fine art auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
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ArtPrice.com. (2022). Leading fine art auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
ArtPrice.com. "Leading Fine Art Auction Sales Worldwide in 2021, by Price Realized (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
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