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The world's most valuable paintings, ranked

Masterpieces that sold for hundreds of millions
Bal du moulin de la Galette: $184 million (£148m)
Three Studies of Lucian Freud: $188 million (£152m)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II: $192 million (£155m)
Nu couché (sur le côte gauche): $193 million (£156m)
Portrait of Dr. Gachet: $194 million (£156m)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I: $200 million (£161m)
Le Rêve: $205 million (£165m)
Shot Sage Blue Marilyn: $205 million (£165m)
Masterpiece: $207 million (£167m)
Woman III: $210 million (£169m)
Number 5, 1948: $214 million (£172m)
Wasserschlangen II: $221 million (£178m)
Nu couché: $221.2 million (£178.3m)
Portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit: $231 million (£186m)
Les Femmes d’Algers: $233 million (£188m)
No.6 (Violet, Green and Red): $239 million (£193m)
Number 17A: $260 million (£210m)
Nafea Faa Ipoipo: $273 million (£220m)
The Card Players: around $342 million (£276m)
Interchange: $389 million (£313m)
Salvator Mundi: $552 million (£445m)
Salvator Mundi: $552 million (£445m)
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Masterpiece: $207 million (£167m)

American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein created Masterpiece in 1962. The boldly composed painting features Brad, a hero who Lichtenstein incorporated into a variety of his pieces, and was printed using the Ben Day process – a type of illustration that's made up of dots and textures.

Masterpiece was part of Lichtenstein's first exhibition in Los Angeles in 1963, and its caption is seen as a tongue-in-cheek comment about the artist's own career. The artwork belonged to the American art collector Agnes Gund for years, but in January 2017 she sold it to hedge fund manager Steve Cohen for $165 million. That's $207 million (£167m) today.

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Alice Cattley

08 January 2024

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