No. 5, 1948, World's Most Expensive Painting at $140 Million
Saturday, December 29, 2007
No. 5, 1948, an abstract painting by American painter Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was done on a 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. It was sold to a David Geffen and then allegedly to David Martinez in 2006 in a private sale for a record of $140 million.
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No. 5, 1948, an abstract painting by American painter Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was done on a 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. It was sold to a David Geffen and then allegedly to David Martinez in 2006 in a private sale for a record of $140 million. Link
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