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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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Image: Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' is displayed in the Munch Museum in Oslo
Photographs: Reuters
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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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Image: Pablo Picasso
Photographs: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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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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Image: Guards stand near Pablo Picasso's painting
Photographs: Lee Celano/Reuters
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Painter: Salvador Dali
Painting: Printemps necrophilique (Spring necrophilic)
Price: $16.3 million (Rs 84.76 crore)
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Image: The Printemps necrophilique displayed at an exhibition (inset) Salvador Dali
Photographs: Courtesy: vg.no
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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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Image: A worker stands beside Joan Miro
Photographs: Lee Celano/Reuters
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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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Image: Leonora in the Morning Light
Photographs: Courtesy: artinfo.com
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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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Image: Cabane Sous les Arbres
Photographs: Courtesy: paul-gauguin.net
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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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Image: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Photographs: Courtesy: nordonart
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Painter: Jackson Pollock, United States
Painting: No. 5, 1948
Price: $140 million (Rs 730 crore)
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Image: No. 5, 1948
Photographs: Courtesy: artfortune.com
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Painter: Francis Bacon, Dublin, Ireland
Painting: Triptych, 1976
Price: $86 million (Rs 447 crore)
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Image: A visitor looks at Francis Bacon's Triptych
Photographs: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
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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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Image: A man walks past Le Bassin aux Nympheas during a preview of Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art auction in New York
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Painting: Mona Lisa
Painter: Leonardo da Vinci, Italy
Price: Approximately $720 million (Rs 3,744 crore)
Image: A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting from Madrid's El Prado Museum is pictured at the Louvre museum in Paris
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
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