Most expensive photograph sold at auction
- Quién
- Man Ray, Le Violon d'Ingres
- Qué
- 12,412,500 US dollar(s)
- Dónde
- United States
- Cuándo
- 14 May 2022
The most expensive photograph sold at auction is Le Violon d'Ingres (1924) by Man Ray (USA), which sold for $12,412,500 (£10,156,156 / €11,939,832), on 14 May 2022.
The black and white image overlays a violin and a woman's naked body. It was sold by Christie's auction house and greatly surpassed its expected sale price of $5-7m.
The item had previously belonged to art collectors Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs.