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Most expensive sales at auction by female artists worldwide as of 2014
Most expensive sales at auction by female artists worldwide as of 2014
Most expensive sales at auction by female artists worldwide as of December 2014 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Dec 11, 2014
The statistic illustrates the most expensive sales at auction by female artists (living or dead) worldwide as of 2014. In 2014, Georgia O' Keeffe broke records when her painting 'Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1' sold at Sotheby's New York on November 20, for 44.41 million U.S. dollars, making it the most expensive work by a female artists sold at auction.
Most expensive sales at auction by female artists worldwide as of December 2014 (in million U.S. dollars)
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| Artist, title of work, (sale year) | Value of sale in million U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Georgia O' Keeffe, 'Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1', (2014) | 44.41 |
| Joan Mitchell, 'Untitled', (2014) | 11.93 |
| Berthe Morisot, 'Après le déjeuner', (2013) | 10.93 |
| Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova, 'Les fleurs', (2008) | 10.86 |
| Louise Bourgeois, 'Spider', (2011) | 10.72 |
| Tamara de Lempicka, 'Le rêve', (2011) | 8.48 |
| Yayoi Kusama, 'White No. 28', (2014) | 7.11 |
| Barbara Hepworth, 'Figure for Landscape', (2014) | 7.08 |
| Kay Sage, 'Le passage', (2014) | 7.07 |
| Cindy Sherman 'Untitled Film Stills', (2014) | 6.77 |
| Artist, title of work, (sale year) | Value of sale in million U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Georgia O' Keeffe, 'Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1', (2014) | 44.41 |
| Joan Mitchell, 'Untitled', (2014) | 11.93 |
| Berthe Morisot, 'Après le déjeuner', (2013) | 10.93 |
| Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova, 'Les fleurs', (2008) | 10.86 |
| Louise Bourgeois, 'Spider', (2011) | 10.72 |
| Tamara de Lempicka, 'Le rêve', (2011) | 8.48 |
| Yayoi Kusama, 'White No. 28', (2014) | 7.11 |
| Barbara Hepworth, 'Figure for Landscape', (2014) | 7.08 |
| Kay Sage, 'Le passage', (2014) | 7.07 |
| Cindy Sherman 'Untitled Film Stills', (2014) | 6.77 |
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by Statista Research Department,
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Dec 11, 2014
The statistic illustrates the most expensive sales at auction by female artists (living or dead) worldwide as of 2014. In 2014, Georgia O' Keeffe broke records when her painting 'Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1' sold at Sotheby's New York on November 20, for 44.41 million U.S. dollars, making it the most expensive work by a female artists sold at auction.
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