1Jeff Koons
We end our article with Jeff Koons, an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects, such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces.
He has been one of the top-selling American artists for years, since 2001 to be more specific, when his 1988 work ‘Michael Jackson and ‘Bubbles’ sold for $5.6 million at Sotheby’s New York.
Of the 1.378 times his work has appeared at auction, 29 of those are among the Top 100 sales by American artists.
His sculpture ‘Suspeded Heart’ is one of the most expensive sculptures in the world, worth $23.561 million.
Not to mention, Jeff Koons also created the world’s most expensive Popeye statue, valued at $58.4 million.
Also valued at $58.4 million is his artwork ‘Balloon Dog’, which broke the world’s record for the highest price ever paid for an artwork by a living artist.
This concludes our cover on the most expensive living American artists!
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