Continuing on my previous post, I thought it would be quite interesting to post the most expensive photographs ever sold. The list has been compiled according to everyone’s favorite source (Wikipedia). While many will doubt the photographic value of some of these photos, one thing is for certain; photography has entered the art world and is gaining ground in galleries everyday. Still, there is quite some way till a photograph reaches the $137.5 millions that Willem de Kooning’s Woman III (or the alleged $140 million of Jackson Pollock’s No.5) was sold for.
10. Identical Twins (1967) by Diane Arbus $478,400
9. Tree (1855) Gustave Le Gray $513,150
8. Untitled 5 (1997) Andreas Gursky $559,724
7. Moonrise (1948) Ansel Adams $609,600
6. Andy Warhol (1987) Robert Mapplethorpe $643,200
5. The Great Wave (1857) Gustave Le Gray $838,000
4. Temple de Jupiter (1842) Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey $922,488
3. Untitled (Cowboy) (1989) Richard Prince $1,248,000
2. The Pond-Moonlight (1904) Edward Steichen $2,928,000
1. 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001) Andreas Gursky $3,346,456
You have got the wrong image shown for #7: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (I have no idea what the image shown happens to be).
You are right…I had no idea how this happened..let me correct it..
Please can you tell me what is the size of the Richard Prince and is this an original photograph. Is it framed. Please let me know more. Do you ship to England. Obviously I am very interested in buying.
Kind Regards
Clive
Sorry Cive, this was just a post…I’m not selling pictures and definitely not such expensive ones :-)