20, 2017) – Salvador Dalís iconic painting, “The Persistence of Memory” of 1931 – considered the Catalan surrealists most universally recognized work and originally sold to its long-time owner, the Museum of Modern Art, for just – fetched a record-breaking ** million** Monday evening at Sothebys auction house

Additionally, how much was the most expensive painting sold for? Salvator Mundi, a 600-year-old painting by Leonardo da Vinci, had just sold for million. It was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction.

In this manner, how many pieces of art did Salvador Dali Make?

1,500 paintings

How much does a Picasso painting cost?

Most Expensive Painting. All it took was a little over 8 minutes to set the record price for a piece of art sold at auction. On May 4, Christies sold Pablo Picassos Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, a painting created in the span of a single day in 1932, for .5 million dollars.