Top 100 Contemporary Artworks

Top 100 Contemporary Artworks Auction Performances (July 2018 – June 2019)

Rank Artist Artwork Price Sale Record
1 Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) Rabbit (1986) $91,075,000 15 May. 2019 Christie’s New York X
2 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled (Pollo Frito) (1982) $25,701,500 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
3 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Discography Two (1983) $20,900,000 15 Nov. 2018 Christie’s New York
4 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Untitled (1990) $15,218,750 15 Nov. 2018 Christie’s New York
5 KAWS (b. 1974) The Kaws Album (2005) $14,772,700 4 Jan. 2019 Sotheby’s Hong Kong X
6 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Untitled $14,000,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
7 Jenny SAVILLE (b. 1970) Propped (1992) $12,490,600 10 May. 2018 Sotheby’s London X
8 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Apex (1986) $10,815,000 3 May. 2019 Sotheby’s London
9 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) (1984) $10,635,000 25 Jun. 2019 Christie’s London
10 Peter DOIG (b. 1959) Buffalo Station I (1997/98) $9,903,000 10 May. 2018 Sotheby’s London
11 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Self Portrait (1983) $9,500,000 16 May. 2019 Phillips New York
12 Peter DOIG (b. 1959) House of Pictures (2000-2002) $9,105,200 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
13 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled (1982) $8,977,500 15 Nov. 2018 Phillips New York
14 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Feet Don’t Fail Me Now (1995) $8,879,400 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
15 Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) Helter Skelter II (2007) $8,475,250 16 May. 2019 Phillips New York
16 Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) Self-Portrait with Empty Hands (1998) $7,552,500 26 Jun. 2019 Sotheby’s London X
17 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Fuckem (1992) $7,348,500 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
18 Kerry James MARSHALL (b. 1955) Untitled (Painter) (2008) $7,325,800 3 Jan. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
19 Jenny SAVILLE (b. 1970) Juncture (1994) $7,153,300 3 May. 2019 Sotheby’s London
20 Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) Untitled (Black over Red Orange Mean as a Snake Face 842) (2010) $7,073,000 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
21 LIU Xiaodong (b. 1963) Computer Leader (1996) $6,659,000 6 Apr. 2019 Poly Beijing
22 Rudolf STINGEL (b. 1956) Untitled (2012) $6,517,500 15 May. 2019 Christie’s New York
23 Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) Bear and Policeman (1988) $6,508,500 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
24 Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) Boogeyman (2010) $6,354,300 10 May. 2018 Sotheby’s London
25 LENG Jun (b. 1963) View of the world No.3 (1995) $6,330,000 6 Mar. 2019 China Guardian Beijing X
26 ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) Chinese Landscape (1993) $6,142,500 21 Nov. 2018 China Guardian Beijing
27 KAWS (b. 1974) The Walk Home (2012) $5,955,000 16 May. 2019 Phillips New York
28 Peter DOIG (b. 1959) Buffalo Station II (1997/98) $5,910,700 10 May. 2018 Sotheby’s London
29 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Untitled $5,788,150 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
30 Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) Duchamp’s Funeral I (2009) $5,649,900 3 May. 2019 Sotheby’s London
31 Julie MEHRETU (b. 1970) Black Ground (Deep Light) (2006) $5,631,700 4 Jan. 2019 Sotheby’s Hong Kong X
32 Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) The Pyjama Game (1997/98) $5,615,300 25 Nov. 2018 Seoul Auction Hong Kong
33 Keith HARING (1958-1990) Silence = Death (1988) $5,609,500 15 May. 2019 Christie’s New York
34 Richard PRINCE (b. 1949) Island Nurse (2002) $5,487,500 15 Nov. 2018 Christie’s New York
35 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Untitled (2006) $5,311,500 26 Jun. 2019 Sotheby’s London
36 Jenny SAVILLE (b. 1970) Shadow Head (2007/13) $5,311,500 26 Jun. 2019 Sotheby’s London
37 Thomas SCHÜTTE (b. 1954) Grosser Geist Nr. 13 $5,275,600 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
38 ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) Meat No. 3:Nativity (1992) $5,146,470 21 Nov. 2018 China Guardian Beijing
39 Keith HARING (1958-1990) Untitled (1984) $5,134,200 10 Apr. 2018 Christie’s London
40 Martin KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997) Ohne Titel (Meine Lügen sind ehrliche) (1992) $5,047,900 3 Jul. 2019 Phillips London
41 Takashi MURAKAMI (b. 1962) Tan Tan Bo (2001) $5,037,500 15 Nov. 2018 Christie’s New York
42 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Untitled (P271) (1997) $5,021,200 10 May. 2018 Phillips London
43 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Santo 3 (1982) $4,955,500 15 May. 2019 Christie’s New York
44 Jonas WOOD (b. 1977) Japanese Garden 3 (2019) $4,928,500 15 May. 2019 Christie’s New York X
45 Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) Untitled (Yellow Butterfly Orange) (2004) $4,875,700 10 May. 2018 Sotheby’s London
46 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled (1981) $4,872,200 27 Jun. 2019 Phillips London
47 George CONDO (b. 1957) Washington Square Park (2010) $4,812,500 15 Nov. 2018 Christie’s New York
48 Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) Stier mit loch (Bull with hole) (1986) $4,695,100 10 Apr. 2018 Christie’s London
49 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Masque (1981) $4,635,000 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
50 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled $4,575,000 15 Nov. 2018 Phillips New York
51 Keith HARING (1958-1990) Sister Cities – For Tokyo (1985) $4,455,000 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
52 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled (1982) $4,455,000 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
53 Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) Sleepless Night (Cat) (1999) $4,449,500 25 May. 2019 Christie’s Hong Kong X
54 Keith HARING (1958-1990) Untitled (1983) $4,220,000 15 May. 2019 Bonhams New York
55 Richard PRINCE (b. 1949) When I was 15 (1989) $4,212,500 15 Nov. 2018 Christie’s New York
56 ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) Mask (1999) $4,177,000 12 Jun. 2018 Poly Beijing
57 ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) Stone Series – The Tree Connected to Stone (1993) $4,143,700 25 May. 2019 Christie’s Hong Kong
58 Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) Night Passage (1999) $4,120,690 3 Jun. 2019 Christie’s London
59 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled (Head) (1982) $4,100,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
60 Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) Untitled (1989) $4,070,600 10 Apr. 2018 Christie’s London
61 ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) Taihu stone (2000) $4,010,000 12 Jun. 2018 Poly Beijing
62 Anselm KIEFER (b. 1945) The fertile crescent $3,997,800 6 Mar. 2019 China Guardian Beijing X
63 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Robot Man (1983) $3,860,000 16 May. 2019 Phillips New York
64 KAWS (b. 1974) IN THE WOODS (2002) $3,855,000 16 May. 2019 Christie’s New York
65 Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) Disappear Like a Dope Fiend (2006) $3,855,000 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
66 ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) Tree series (1993) $3,844,100 26 Nov. 2018 Christie’s Hong Kong
67 LI Xuegong (b. 1962) Lotus $3,781,800 15 Jul. 2018 Beijing Yubao Jiahe Beijing X
68 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Logo (1984) $3,771,400 30 Sep. 2018 Sotheby’s Hong Kong
69 HUANG Jiannan (b. 1952) Romantic Charm (2016) $3,758,000 4 Feb. 2019 Beijing Council Hong Kong X
70 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Give it Up or Turn it Loose (1994) $3,750,900 26 Jun. 2019 Sotheby’s London
71 Barkley L. HENDRICKS (1945-2017) Yocks (1975) $3,740,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York X
72 Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) Confessions of a Window Cleaner $3,620,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
73 John CURRIN (b. 1962) Tolbrook $3,615,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
74 KAWS (b. 1974) Untitled (Fatal Group) (2004) $3,495,000 15 Nov. 2018 Phillips New York
75 Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) The Collector 4 (2009) $3,489,000 3 Jun. 2019 Christie’s London
76 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Untitled (1988) $3,435,000 14 Nov. 2018 Sotheby’s New York
77 Mark TANSEY (b. 1949) Repairing the Wheel (1996) $3,390,000 16 May. 2019 Christie’s New York
78 Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) Portrait of AE (2009) $3,388,100 30 Sep. 2018 Sotheby’s Hong Kong
79 Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) Untitled (Yellow White Butterfly) (2005) $3,385,300 4 Jan. 2019 Sotheby’s Hong Kong
80 Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) Adieu fille d’automne (2014) $3,385,300 4 Jan. 2019 Sotheby’s Hong Kong
81 ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) I/We (2004) $3,843,009 24 Nov. 2018 Christie’s Hong Kong
82 Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) Elephant (Violet) (1995-1997) $3,380,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
83 Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) Face No. 1 (2004) $3,380,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
84 Jonas WOOD (b. 1977) M.S.F. Fish Pot #5 (2015) $3,375,000 16 May. 2019 Christie’s New York
85 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Pink Elephant with Fire Engine (1984) $3,367,000 27 Jun. 2019 Phillips London
86 ZHANG Xiaogang (b. 1958) Bloodline – Big Family: Family (1995) $3,320,300 21 Nov. 2018 China Guardian Beijing
87 WANG Yancheng (b. 1960) Untitled (2015) $3,174,600 12 Jun. 2018 Poly Beijing X
88 WANG Xingwei (b. 1969) Poor old Hamilton (1996) $3,165,000 6 Mar. 2019 China Guardian Beijing X
89 Mark TANSEY (b. 1949) Portage (1999) $3,080,000 17 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
90 KAWS (b. 1974) ARMED AWAY (2014) $3,073,500 25 May. 2019 Christie’s Hong Kong
91 Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) Scratch Pink $3,020,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
92 Julie MEHRETU (b. 1970) Arcade (2005) $3,020,000 16 May. 2019 Sotheby’s New York
93 Marlene DUMAS (b. 1953) Magdalena (Dark Polychrome) (1995) $3,016,600 3 May. 2019 Sotheby’s London
94 Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) Die Badenden (1999) $3,016,600 3 May. 2019 Sotheby’s London
95 ZHANG Yan (b. 1963) Cham dance (1995) $3,007,500 12 Jun. 2018 Poly Beijing X
96 CHEN Yifei (1946-2005) Reclining nude (1996) $3,007,500 12 Jun. 2018 Poly Beijing
97 ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) Mask (1996) $2,997,100 25 May. 2019 Christie’s Hong Kong
98 LIU Ye (b. 1964) Boogie Woogie, Little Girl in New York (2006) $2,926,700 4 Jan. 2019 Sotheby’s Hong Kong
99 Martin KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997) Untitled, Lantern For Documenta IX (1992) $2,859,000 3 May. 2019 Sotheby’s London
100 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) Untitled (1998) $2,841,900 10 May. 2018 Sotheby’s London
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