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The most expensive Cézanne ever sold

The most expensive Cézanne ever sold is La Montagne Sainte-Victoire: $137.8 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Famous works such as The Large Bathers, The Basket of Apples and Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1839–1906
From
French
Movement
Post-Impressionism
Worked in
Aix-en-Provence · Paris
Portrait of Paul Cézanne
Cézanne's record$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022

Cézanne's famous works and their prices

  • The Card Players by Paul CézanneThe Card Players1895
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire by Paul CézanneMont Sainte-Victoire1902
  • The Large Bathers by Paul CézanneThe Large Bathers1906 · Philadelphia Museum of ArtNot for sale
  • Still Life with Apples by Paul CézanneStill Life with Apples1894
  • Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Paul CézanneBoy in a Red Waistcoat1890
  • The Basket of Apples by Paul CézanneThe Basket of Apples1893 · Art Institute of ChicagoNot for sale
  • Pyramid of Skulls by Paul CézannePyramid of Skulls1901
  • Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress by Paul CézanneMadame Cézanne in a Red Dress1888 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkNot for sale
  • The House of the Hanged Man by Paul CézanneThe House of the Hanged Man1873 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • A Modern Olympia by Paul CézanneA Modern Olympia1873–1874 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque by Paul CézanneThe Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaquec. 1885 · Art Institute of ChicagoNot for sale
  • Woman with a Coffeepot by Paul CézanneWoman with a Coffeepotc. 1895 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale
  • Still Life with Plaster Cupid by Paul CézanneStill Life with Plaster Cupidc. 1894 · Courtauld Gallery, LondonNot for sale
  • The Black Marble Clock by Paul CézanneThe Black Marble Clockc. 1870
  • Portrait of Ambroise Vollard by Paul CézannePortrait of Ambroise Vollard1899
  • Château Noir by Paul CézanneChâteau Noir1900–1904
  • The Bather by Paul CézanneThe Batherc. 1885 · Museum of Modern Art, New YorkNot for sale
  • Mardi Gras (Pierrot and Harlequin) by Paul CézanneMardi Gras (Pierrot and Harlequin)1888 · Pushkin Museum, MoscowNot for sale
  • Still Life with a Curtain by Paul CézanneStill Life with a Curtainc. 1894 · State Hermitage Museum, Saint PetersburgNot for sale
  • Self-Portrait with Pink Background by Paul CézanneSelf-Portrait with Pink Backgroundc. 1875 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale

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

Cézanne next to other artists

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

  1. Leonardo$450MSalvator Mundi · 2017
  2. Klimt$236MPortrait of Elisabeth Lederer · 2025
  3. Rembrandt$199MThe Standard Bearer · 2022
  4. Seurat$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022
  5. Cézanne$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022
  6. Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
  7. Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
  8. Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
  9. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022

Bars are to scale within this list.

About Paul Cézanne

French Post-Impressionist whose analytical approach to form bridged Impressionism and 20th-century Cubism. He built his still lifes, bathers and views of Mont Sainte-Victoire from patches of colour and simplified, geometric structure. Long overlooked, he worked in relative isolation near Aix-en-Provence. Called "the father of us all" by Picasso and Matisse, he died in 1906.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Cézanne ever sold?

La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, which sold for $137.8 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Cézanne painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $137.8 million for La Montagne Sainte-Victoire. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Cézanne's paintings?

Among the works here: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Musée d'Orsay, Paris and the Courtauld Gallery, London.

Who was Paul Cézanne?

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906). French Post-Impressionist whose analytical approach to form bridged Impressionism and 20th-century Cubism. He built his still lifes, bathers and views of Mont Sainte-Victoire from patches of colour and simplified, geometric structure. Long overlooked, he worked in relative isolation near Aix-en-Provence. Called "the father of us all" by Picasso and Matisse, he died in 1906.

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