Updated rating of the most expensive living artist

[Vladimir]

After the record of Freud became clear disposition of the three most expensive paintings by living artists (only auction results):

1 Place: Lucian Freud. Sleeping inspector benefits. 1995. Oil on canvas. 151,3 x 219. Estimate: 25-35 million Selling price: 30 (33.6) million Lot 37. Christie's. 13/05/2008
Now the number 1. Painting tops the ranking of 13 May 2008.

2 Place: Jeff Koons. Hanging Heart (Magenta Gold). 1994-2006. Installation: metal, brass, colored coating. 101.6 x 296.2 x 215.9. Estimate: $ 15-20 million Selling price: 21 (23.6) million Lot 14. Sotheby's. 14.11.2007.
Now the number 2. Work tops the ranking for the period from November 2007 to May 2008

3 Place: Damien Hirst. Sleepy spring. 2002. Installation: steel, painted plaster casts of tablets and others 10,2 x 182,9 x 274. Estimate 3-4 million pounds. Sale price: 8.6 (9.7) million pounds. Lot 36. Sotheby's. 21/06/2007
Now number 3. Work tops the ranking for the period from July 2007 to November 2007

ISSUE 4. Jasper Johns. Figure 4. 1959. Oil on canvas, see Vol 51,4 x 39,4. Sale price: 15.5 (17.4) million. Lot 25. Shristie's. 16/05/2007

ISSUE 5. Gerhard Richter. Candle. 1983. Oil on canvas. 95x90. Estimate: 1,8-2,5 million pounds. Sale price: 7.1 (7.97) million pounds. Lot 8. Sotheby's. 27/02/2008


That actually looked like the model of Freud (the fourth picture - photo). This is a picture of Bruce Bernard, a friend of Freud, made in the workshop in 1995. Found at Sotheby's. Here are details: Bruce Bernard. Sue Tilley, posing lusianite Freud. 1988. Photography. 30,5 x 45,7. A copy of the 13/25. Estimate: 1,5-2 tys.funtov. Price: 6 tys.funtov. Lot 522. Sotheby's. 19/06/2006