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The most expensive Manet ever sold

The most expensive Manet ever sold is Le Printemps: $65.1 million at Christie's New York in 2014. Famous works such as Olympia, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe and A Bar at the Folies-Bergère are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1832–1883
From
French
Movement
Realism · Impressionism
Worked in
Paris
Portrait of Édouard Manet
Manet's record$65.1MLe Printemps · 2014

Manet's famous works and their prices

  • Olympia by Édouard ManetOlympia1863 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard ManetLe Déjeuner sur l'herbe1863 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard ManetA Bar at the Folies-Bergère1882 · Courtauld Gallery, LondonNot for sale
  • The Fifer by Édouard ManetThe Fifer1866 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • The Railway by Édouard ManetThe Railway1873 · National Gallery of Art, WashingtonNot for sale
  • Music in the Tuileries by Édouard ManetMusic in the Tuileries1862 · National Gallery, London and Hugh Lane Gallery, DublinNot for sale
  • The Balcony by Édouard ManetThe Balcony1869 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • The Spanish Singer by Édouard ManetThe Spanish Singer1860 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkNot for sale

“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Manet next to other artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.

  1. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022
  2. Botticelli$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021
  3. Renoir$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990
  4. Rubens$76.7MMassacre of the Innocents · 2002
  5. Manet$65.1MLe Printemps · 2014
  6. Caillebotte$53MJeune homme à sa fenêtre · 2021
  7. Raphael$47.9MHead of an Apostle, black chalk study for the Transfiguration · 2012
  8. Turner$47.4MRome, from Mount Aventine · 2014
  9. Rousseau$43.5MLes Flamants · 2023

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Manet's record: nbcnews.com.

About Édouard Manet

French painter who bridged Realism and Impressionism and helped usher in modern art. Works like "Olympia" and "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" scandalised critics with their frank subjects and flattened, boldly brushed forms. Though he painted modern Parisian life alongside the Impressionists, he sought recognition through the official Salon. He died in 1883, a pivotal influence on the generation that followed.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Manet ever sold?

Le Printemps, which sold for $65.1 million at Christie's New York in 2014. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Manet painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $65.1 million for Le Printemps. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Manet's paintings?

Among the works here: the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, the Courtauld Gallery, London, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the National Gallery, London and Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Who was Édouard Manet?

Édouard Manet (1832–1883). French painter who bridged Realism and Impressionism and helped usher in modern art. Works like "Olympia" and "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" scandalised critics with their frank subjects and flattened, boldly brushed forms. Though he painted modern Parisian life alongside the Impressionists, he sought recognition through the official Salon. He died in 1883, a pivotal influence on the generation that followed.

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