Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Number Five: Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Renoir’s sole entry in the top 15 most expensive paintings is his work Bal au moulin de la Galette. This painting was sold in 1990 to Ryoei Saito, the chairman of a Japanese paper company and a collector of fine art.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year: 1876
Year of Sale: 1990
Sale Price: $78.1 million
Currency Adjusted: $128.8 million

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