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Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream', considered one of the most recognisable in art world, was sold for over $119 million (Rs 630 crore), creating a new record for the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction.
The auction house did not release the name or any other details of the buyer. The bidder was participating in the auction through phone.
Rediff.com looks at some of the world's costliest paintings.
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Painter: Pablo Picasso, Spain
Painting: Nude, Green Leaves and Bust
Price: $106.5 million (Rs 564.4 crore)
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Painter: Pablo Picasso, Spain
Painting: Femme assise dans un fauteuil (Woman sitting in a chair)
Price: $29.2 million (Rs 152 crore)
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Painter: Salvador Dali
Painting: Printemps necrophilique (Spring necrophilic)
Price: $16.3 million (Rs 84.76 crore)
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Painter: Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
Painting: Tete humaine (Human head)
Price: $14.86 million (Rs 77.2 crore)
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Painter: Max Ernst, Germany
Painting: Leonora in the Morning Light
Price: $7.9 million (Rs 41 crore)
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Painter: Paul Gauguin
Painting: Cabane Sous les Arbres (Cabin Under the Trees)
Price: $8.4 million (Rs 43.6 crore)
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Painter: Chaim Soutine, Belarus
Painting: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (The Hunter at Maxim's)
Price: $9.3 million (Rs 48.4 crore)
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Painter: Jackson Pollock, United States
Painting: No. 5, 1948
Price: $140 million (Rs 730 crore)
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Painter: Francis Bacon, Dublin, Ireland
Painting: Triptych, 1976
Price: $86 million (Rs 447 crore)
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Painter: Claude Monet, France
Painting: Le Bassin aux Nympheas (The water lily pond)
Price: $80 million (Rs 416 crore)
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Painting: Mona Lisa
Painter: Leonardo da Vinci, Italy
Price: Approximately $720 million (Rs 3,744 crore)
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