10 most expensive photographs
Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001), $3,346,456, February, 2007, Sotheby’s London auction.
Edward Steichen, The Pond-Moonlight (1904), $2,928,000, February 2006, Sotheby’s New York auction.
Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy) (1989), $1,248,000, November 2005, Christie’s New York auction.
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 113.Athènes, T[emple] de J[upiter] olympien pris de l’est (1842), $922,488, 2003, auction.
Gustave Le Gray, The Great Wave, Sete (1857), $838,000, 1999.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol (1987), $643,200, 2006.
Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1948), $609,600, Sotheby’s New York auction, 2006.
Andreas Gursky, Untitled 5 (1997), $559,724, 6 February 2002.
Gustave Le Gray, Tree (1855), $513,150, 1999.
Diane Arbus, Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967 (1967), $478,400, 27 April 2004.
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A lady photographs a 99 cent section in a grocery store and makes 3.3 million dollars, and millions more on the prints after
This world makes me want to vomit my intenstines
Not to mention most of the photo was digitally edited, I mean my god…this isnt even art anymore
Before anyone comments or vomits out their insides, they should check out all of Andreas Gursky’s works. Then they will realize that he (yes he, chicken head) is actually a really talent photographer and genius who will go to any lenghts to get the shot he wants (he even went to North Korea twice). Of course I don’t think anyone should get that amount of money for a print, but I feel the same way about football players and I don’t go around vomiting my intestines just cause I don’t understand it.
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what lady u idiot
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These are top pictures.
Odd – I Like Ansel Adams work but im not a fan of that one
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On May, 2011 Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled #96″ (1981), achieved $3,890,500 at Christie’s New York. It is the top one know.
More here:
http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/05/cindy-sherman-print-sells-39-million-auction-highest-ever-photograp
interesting images,,