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The most expensive Van Gogh ever sold

The most expensive Van Gogh ever sold is Verger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses): $117.2 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Famous works such as The Starry Night, Wheatfield with Crows and Café Terrace at Night are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1853–1890
From
Dutch
Movement
Post-Impressionism
Worked in
Arles · Paris · Auvers-sur-Oise
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh's record$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022

Van Gogh's famous works and their prices

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

Van Gogh next to other artists

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

  1. Rembrandt$199MThe Standard Bearer · 2022
  2. Seurat$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022
  3. Cézanne$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022
  4. Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
  5. Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
  6. Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
  7. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022
  8. Botticelli$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021
  9. Renoir$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Van Gogh's record: heni.com.

About Vincent van Gogh

Dutch Post-Impressionist whose bold colour and expressive, swirling brushwork became some of the most influential art of the 19th century. He produced more than 2,000 works in little over a decade, almost all during the final years of a life marked by poverty and mental illness. Largely unknown in his lifetime (he sold only a handful of paintings), he died in 1890 at the age of 37, and his fame grew rapidly after his death.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Van Gogh ever sold?

Verger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses), which sold for $117.2 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Van Gogh painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $117.2 million for Verger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses). Other documented sales: Irises, $53.9 million (1987); Portrait of Dr. Gachet, $82.5 million (1990). Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Van Gogh's paintings?

Among the works here: the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Musée d'Orsay, Paris and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Who was Vincent van Gogh?

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Dutch Post-Impressionist whose bold colour and expressive, swirling brushwork became some of the most influential art of the 19th century. He produced more than 2,000 works in little over a decade, almost all during the final years of a life marked by poverty and mental illness. Largely unknown in his lifetime (he sold only a handful of paintings), he died in 1890 at the age of 37, and his fame grew rapidly after his death.

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