List of most expensive artworks by living artists
Adjusted Price ( in millions ) Original Price ( in millions ) Work Artist Auction Date Auction House
91.82 91.1 Rabbit Jeff Koons May 2019 Christie 's
92.48 90.3 Portrait of an Artist ( Pool with Two Figures ) David Hockney November 2018 Christie 's
64.68 58.4 Balloon Dog ( Orange ) Jeff Koons November 2013 Christie 's
48.93 44.5 Abstraktes Bild ( 599 ) ( 1986 ) Gerhard Richter February 2015 Sotheby 's
41.11 37.1 Domplatz , Mailand Gerhard Richter May 2013 Sotheby 's
38.16 34.2 Abstraktes Bild ( 809-4 ) ( 1994 ) Gerhard Richter October 2012 Sotheby 's
40.03 33.6 Benefits Supervisor Sleeping Lucian Freud May 2008 Christie 's
28.98 23.6 Hanging Heart ( Magenta/Gold ) Jeff Koons November 2007 Sotheby 's
25.92 20 Swamped Peter Doig May 2015 Christie 's
23.91 19.3 Lullaby Spring Damien Hirst June 2007 Sotheby 's
36.48 17 False Start Jasper Johns November 1988 Sotheby 's
15.02 7 White Flag Jasper Johns November 1988 Christie 's
9.18 4.18 Diver Jasper Johns May 1988 Christie 's
8.28 3.63 ( tied ) Pink Lady Willem de Kooning May 1987 Sotheby 's
8.49 3.63 ( tied ) Out the Window Jasper Johns November 1986 Sotheby 's
3.23 1.2 Two Women Willem de Kooning May 1982 Christie 's
2.19 0.8 L'Enigme du Desir / Ma Mere , Ma Mere , Ma Mere Salvador Dali March 1982 Christie 's
4.13 0.53 Mother and Child Pablo Picasso April 1967 Sotheby 's
1.88 0.22 Death of Harlequin / Woman in a Garden Pablo Picasso 1962 Sotheby 's
1.34 0.15 ( tied ) La Belle Hollandaise Pablo Picasso May 1959 Sotheby 's
List of auction sales records
This is a progressive list of record auction prices for an artwork by a living artist. The current record price is $91.1 million for Jeff Koons's 1986 sculpture, Rabbit, in May 2019. The most expensive painting by a living artist sold at auction is David Hockney's 1972 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) at $90.3 million in 2018. Overall, the highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns' 1958 painting Flag. The 2010 sale price was estimated to be about $110 million ($ million in dollars).