I recently came across an article about the most expensive paintings ever sold and was pretty intrigued to find out which ones take the cake. I decided I'd start posting the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold as painting of the week- not that too many other people will care much- but I thought it would be an interesting way to learn some new things about paintings a lot of us have seen or maybe some you haven't ever seen. So I apologize if you're bored to tears!
The painting for this week is the #1 most expensive painting ever sold. Painted by Jackson Pollock in 1948, "No. 5, 1948" sold for $142.7mil in 2006. (Can you imagine!?!?!) The painting was done on an 8 x 4 feet sheet of fiberboard, with thick amounts of brown and yellow paint drizzled on top of it, forming a nest-like appearance. I actually just learned that he started numbering his paintings instead of naming them to force people to look at the picture for what it is- pure painting. I've heard a lot of different people express their feelings about whether or not a Pollock painting is worth even 50 cents (as they would say, their 5-year-old could paint the exact same thing) but I've always been intrigued by his paintings. And believe me, I've seen several art students TRY to replicate the same affect his paintings have and haven't seen one come close yet. Needless to say, standing in front of an actual Jackson Pollock is definitely on my personal 'bucket list'.
Sticks in the Mud
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I love this idea! $142.7 million?! Who has that kind of cash lying around to spend on a painting?!! That's crazy. I can't wait to see the rest of the top 10.
So not boring! Very cool. Jeff and I saw a Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Art in D.C. and it was massive. Cool just because of it's size, but the worker there showed us where a cockroach had walked across his painting. He decided to leave it and so there it was...stuck in the paint. Just a cool tidbit.
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