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Five artists account for one-third of all $1 million-plus art sales over past 5 years: report

December 21, 2023

Mark Bradford is one of the top 50 artists whose work sold for more than $1 million earlier this year in auctions. Image: Sotheby's Mark Bradford is one of the top 50 artists whose work sold for more than $1 million earlier this year in auctions. Image: Sotheby's

 

By Luxury Roundtable Intelligence

Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Gerhard Richter topped the list of the most popular artists at auction – those with an average of five $1 million-plus artworks sold per year between 2018 and 2022.

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