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IN PICS: The MOST expensive paintings in the world!

Last updated on: May 4, 2012 14:46 IST

Image: Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' is displayed in the Munch Museum in Oslo
Photographs: Reuters

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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IN PICS: The MOST expensive paintings in the world!

Image: Pablo Picasso
Photographs: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Painter: Pablo Picasso, Spain

Painting: Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

Price: $106.5 million (Rs 564.4 crore)

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Image: Guards stand near Pablo Picasso's painting
Photographs: Lee Celano/Reuters

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: The Printemps necrophilique displayed at an exhibition (inset) Salvador Dali
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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: A worker stands beside Joan Miro
Photographs: Lee Celano/Reuters

Painter: Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain

Painting: Tete humaine (Human head)

Price: $14.86 million (Rs 77.2 crore)

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Image: Leonora in the Morning Light
Photographs: Courtesy: artinfo.com

Painter: Max Ernst, Germany

Painting: Leonora in the Morning Light

Price: $7.9 million (Rs 41 crore)

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Image: Cabane Sous les Arbres
Photographs: Courtesy: paul-gauguin.net

Painter: Paul Gauguin

Painting: Cabane Sous les Arbres (Cabin Under the Trees)

Price: $8.4 million (Rs 43.6 crore)

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IN PICS: The MOST expensive paintings in the world!

Image: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Photographs: Courtesy: nordonart

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: No. 5, 1948
Photographs: Courtesy: artfortune.com

Painter: Jackson Pollock, United States

Painting: No. 5, 1948

Price: $140 million (Rs 730 crore)

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Image: A visitor looks at Francis Bacon's Triptych
Photographs: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters

Painter: Francis Bacon, Dublin, Ireland

Painting: Triptych, 1976

Price: $86 million (Rs 447 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

Painter: Claude Monet, France

Painting: Le Bassin aux Nympheas (The water lily pond)

Price: $80 million (Rs 416 crore)

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IN PICS: The MOST expensive paintings in the world!

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

Painting: Mona Lisa

Painter: Leonardo da Vinci, Italy

Price: Approximately $720 million (Rs 3,744 crore)

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