Andreas Gursky Bashny.Net

Photographer Andreas Gursky boasts the second hit the top of the list of the creators of the most expensive pictures. This time his work called "Rhine-II» was sold at Christie's for the record sum of $ 4338 500. Estimate melancholic image of the great German river was $ 2, 5 $ 3, 5 million. The previous record held picture of Cindy Sherman's "Untitled №96», sold at Christie's in May for $ 3, 89 million. Andreas Gursky was on top of the list in February 2007, when his picture "99 cents II Diptych" acquired at the auction of contemporary art for the $ 3, 34 million.