Public sale records, not an appraisal

How much is The Starry Night worth?

The Starry Night is not for sale: it is held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Van Gogh's highest documented sale: $117.2 million for Verger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses), at Christie's New York in 2022.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Held by: Museum of Modern Art, New York

Van Gogh's record$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022

About the painting

Painted in June 1889 from the window of van Gogh's room at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, the view was completed from memory by day. Its swirling, energetic sky over a quiet village and a towering cypress is one of the most recognised images in Western art. It has been held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1941.

More on the artist: the most expensive Van Gogh ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.

Van Gogh next to other famous artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Van Gogh: $117.2 million for Verger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses), in 2022.

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

Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.

Why it has no price

The Starry Night is held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.

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Questions

How much is The Starry Night worth?

The Starry Night is not for sale: it is held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Van Gogh's highest documented sale: $117.2 million for Verger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses), at Christie's New York in 2022.

Is The Starry Night for sale?

No. It is held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.

What is Van Gogh's most expensive work?

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.

Where is The Starry Night?

The Starry Night (1889, oil on canvas) is held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.