The editorial selection
Works in private collections Private ownership according to the dated sources in each record. Current ownership and availability require separate confirmation.
50 works by living artists Explore the expanded acquisition selection, including the new generation. Artwork / artist Market reference · USD Location / owner Private enquiry
Each row concerns one specific work. Dated estimates and reported asking prices appear where sourced; otherwise a dated sale is shown. All figures in US dollars.
View image Market reference · USD US$ 450.31M Historical auction result · 2017
Location Geneva reported
Holder Mohammed bin Salman reported Details & sources + Documented sale Salvator Mundi US$ 450,312,500 Historical auction result Christie’s · New York 15 Nov 2017
Buyer’s premium included christies.com · Verified 15 Oct 2026
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Geneva · reportedly Mohammed bin Salman
Reported 22 Aug 2024 · srf.ch
SRF reports Bernard Haykel’s account of storage in Geneva. Neither location nor ownership is directly confirmed; this is the 2024 report.
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 92.2M Historical auction result · 2021
Location Undisclosed
Holder Private collection reported Details & sources + Documented sale Young Man Holding a Roundel ≈ US$ 92,200,000Historical auction result Sotheby’s · New York 28 Jan 2021
Buyer’s premium status not independently confirmed sothebys.com · Verified 14 Oct 2026
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Private collection · reportedly Russian buyer
Reported 28 Jan 2021 · theartnewspaper.com
The suggestion is based on the telephone bid through Sotheby’s Russia desk. Name, nationality and present storage are unconfirmed.
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 119.9M Historical auction result · 2012
Location Undisclosed
Holder Leon Black reported Details & sources + Documented sale The Scream · 1895 pastel ≈ US$ 119,900,000Historical auction result Sotheby’s · New York 2 May 2012
Buyer’s premium status not independently confirmed sothebys.com · Verified 15 Oct 2026
Pastel version of 1895.
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Leon Black collection
Reported 11 Jul 2012 · latimes.com
Leon Black reported as the buyer of the 1895 pastel. This does not establish its present display location.
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 179.4M Historical auction result · 2015
Location Undisclosed
Holder Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani reported Details & sources + Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani
Reported 25 May 2015 · lejournaldesarts.fr
Reported as the possible buyer of Version O. Present ownership and storage location remain unconfirmed.
Illustrated work Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) · 1955
pablopicasso.org
pablopicasso.org
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 170.4M Historical auction result · 2015
Location Long Museum, Shanghai reported
Holder Liu Yiqian / Wang Wei reported Details & sources + Documented sale Nu couché ≈ US$ 170,400,000Historical auction result Christie’s · New York 9 Nov 2015
Buyer’s premium included christies.com · Verified 14 Oct 2026
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Liu Yiqian / Wang Wei · Long Museum, Shanghai
Reported 24 Apr 2023 · christies.com
Christie’s collector interview reports the acquisition. The collection association does not establish a current display room.
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 141.3M Historical auction result · 2015
Location Undisclosed
Holder Steven A. Cohen reported Details & sources + Documented sale L’Homme au doigt ≈ US$ 141,300,000Historical auction result Christie’s · New York 11 May 2015
Buyer’s premium included press.christies.com · Verified 14 Oct 2026
Result for the documented bronze cast.
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Steven A. Cohen collection
Reported 5 Dec 2024 · theartnewspaper.com
Cohen is reported as the buyer of the bronze cast sold in 2015; no current display location is confirmed.
Illustrated work L’Homme au doigt · Christie’s, 11 May 2015
christies.com
christies.com
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 200M Reported sale · 2024 Sale US$ 110.5M · 2017
Location Undisclosed
Holder Ken Griffin reported Details & sources + Reported sale Untitled (1982, skull painting) ≈ US$ 200,000,000Privatverkauf · 10 May 2024
Buyer’s premium status not independently confirmed news.artnet.com · Verified 15 Oct 2026
Reported private sale to Ken Griffin. The parties have not publicly confirmed the precise closing date or amount. The date refers to the press report.
Reported sale US$ 200,000,000 10 May 2024
Reported private sale to Ken Griffin. The parties have not publicly confirmed the precise closing date or amount. The date refers to the press report.
news.artnet.com
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Ken Griffin collection · reported
Reported 10 May 2024 · news.artnet.com
Reported private sale to Ken Griffin. The parties have not publicly confirmed the precise closing date or amount. The date refers to the press report.
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 90.3M Historical auction result · 2018
Location Undisclosed
Holder Pierre Chen reported Details & sources + Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Pierre Chen collection
Reported 11 Apr 2025 · lalouver.com
ARTnews identifies Pierre Chen as the buyer. The 2025 Paris exhibition is not presented as the current location.
Illustrated work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) · 1972
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
View artist View image Market reference · USD US$ 47.22M Historical auction result · 2022
Location Undisclosed
Holder Private collection in Asia reported Details & sources + Documented sale Landscape after Wang Ximeng US$ 47,215,883 Historical auction result Sotheby’s · Hongkong 30 Apr 2022
Buyer’s premium status not independently confirmed sothebys.com · Verified 15 Oct 2026
Dollar basis: Dollar equivalent reported for this sale · 30 Apr 2022 · sothebys.com
Estimate No published reliable estimate
Location / owner Asian private collection
Reported 3 May 2022 · sothebys.com
Sotheby’s identifies the 2022 buyer as an Asian private collector; name and current location are undisclosed.
Illustrated work Landscape after Wang Ximeng · 1948
sothebys.com
sothebys.com
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