1. Paul Cézanne, “Rideau,
Cruchon et compotier”
$60,502,500 (£36,894,420)
Mr & Mrs John Hay Whitney Collection, 10 May 1999, Sotheby’s New York
Record for the artist at auction
2. Pablo Picasso, “Femme Assise dans un Jardin”
$49,502,500 (£30,196,530)
Eleanore and Daniel Saidenberg Collection, 10 Nov 1999, Sotheby’s New York
3. Pablo Picasso, “Nu au Fauteuil noir”, 1932
$45,102,500 (£27,841,049)
Madeleine Haas Russell Collection, 9 November 1999, Christie’s New York
4. Georges Seurat, “Paysage, l’Ile de la Grande Jatte”
$35,202,500 (£21,466,480)
Mr & Mrs John Hay Whitney Collection, 10 May 1999, Sotheby’s New York
Record for the artist at auction
5. Cézanne, “Bouilloire et fruits”
£18,151,500 ($29,319,170)
Impressionist and Modern Art, Pt 1, 7 Dec 1999, Sotheby’s London
6. Edgar Degas,
“Danseuse au Repos”
£17,601,500 ($27,930,020)
Impressionist and Modern Art, Pt 1, 28 June 1999, Sotheby’s London
Record for the artist at auction and the highest price paid at auction for a work on paper
7. George Bellows, “Polo Crowd”
$27,502,500 (£17,043,300)
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1 Dec 1999, Sotheby’s New York
Record for a work by an
American artist at auction
8. Claude Monet, “Nymphéas”, 1906
$22,552,500 (£13,921,296)
Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Art, 8 November 1999, Christie’s New York
9. Vincent van Gogh,
“La Roubine du Roi”, 1888
$19,802,500 (£12,223,765)
Impressionist and 19th Century Art, 12 May 1999, Christie’s New York
10. Amedeo Modigliani, “Nu Assis sur un Divan”
$16,777,500 (£10,225,890)
Impressionist and Modern Art, Pt 1, 11 Nov 1999, Sotheby’s New York
11. Paul Cézanne,
“Pichet de Gres”
$16,502,500 (£10,058,270)
Impressionist and Modern Art, Pt 1, 11 Nov 1999, Sotheby’s New York
12. Claude Monet,
“Dans la Prairie”
$15,402,500 (£9,507,716))
Impressionist and Modern Art, Pt 1, 11 Nov 1999, Sotheby’s New York
13. Vincent van Gogh, “Le pont de Trinquetaille”, 1888
$15,402,500
(£9,507,716)
Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Art, 8 November 1999, Christie’s New York
14. The Rothschild Prayerbook, Ghent or possibly Bruges, c.1505 £8,581,500
($13,378,558)
Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild Collection,
8 July 1999,
Christie’s London
Record for an illuminated manuscript
15. Frans Hals, “Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman”
£8,251,500 ($12,872,340)
Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild Collection, 8 July 1999, Christie’s London
Record for the artist at auction
16. Pablo Picasso, “La Statuaire”
$11,827,500 (£7,214,780)
Eleanore and Daniel Saidenberg Collection, 10 Nov 1999, Sotheby’s New York
17. A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted parquetry and marquetry commode by Jean-Henri Riesener
£7,401,500 ($11,546,340)
Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild Collection, 8 July 1999, Christie’s London
Record for a piece of French furniture at auction
18. Giovanni Segantini, “Primavera sulle alpi”, 1897
$9,572,500 (£5,908,951)
Madeleine Haas Russell Collection, 9 November 1999, Christie’s New York
Record for the artist at auction
18. Giovanni Segantini, “Primavera sulle alpi”, 1897
$9,572,500 (£5,908,951)
Madeleine Haas Russell Collection, 9 November 1999, Christie’s New York
Record for the artist at auction
20. Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, Saint Rufina
$8,912,500 (£5,434,500)
Important Old Master Paintings, 29 January 1999, Christie’s New York
Record for a Spanish Old Master painting
and a record for the artist at auction