The Top 10 Pieces of Art Sold at Auction in 2020

1. Francis Bacon’s Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus

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Sold for: $84.6 million

Painted in 1981 and sold at Sotheby’s.

2. Roy Lichtenstein’s Nude with Joyous Painting

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Sold for: $46.2 million

Painted in 1994 and sold at Christie’s.

3. David Hockney’s Nichols Canyon

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Sold for: $41 million

Painted in 1980 and sold at Phillips.

4. Ren Renfa’s Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback

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Sold for: $39.4 million

Painted circa the late 13th century or early 14th century and sold at Sotheby’s.

5. Cy Twombly’s Untitled [Bolsena]

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Sold for: $38.7 million

Painted in 1969 and sold at Christie’s.

6. Sanyu’s Quatre Nus

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Sold for: $33.3 million

Painted in the 1950s and sold at Sotheby’s.

7. Tyrannosaurus Rex

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Sold for: $31.9 million

Died about 67 million years ago and sold at Christie’s.

8. Mark Rothko’s Untitled

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Sold for: $31.3 million

Painted in 1967 and sold at Christie’s.

9. Barnett Newman’s Onement V

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Sold for: $30.9 million

Painted in 1952 and sold at Christie’s.

10. Brice Marden’s Complements

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Sold for: $30.9 million

Painted from 2004 to 2007 and sold at Christie’s.