The buyer 's premium -- the additional fee paid to the auction house -- took the price of the painting to $ 106.5 million . `` Nude , Green Leaves and Bust '' sells for $ 106,482,500 , the most ever paid for single work of art . The painting was created by French artist Jean Tinguely in 1954 as a tribute to his friend and fellow painter Paul Cézanne who died that same year at age 36. Previous record was $ 104 million for Alberto Giacometti 's `` L'Homme Qui Marche I , bronze ''
`` Nude , Green Leaves and Bust '' sells for $ 106,482,500 , the most ever paid for single work of art . The painting was created by French artist Jean Tinguely in 1954 as a tribute to his friend and fellow painter Paul Cézanne who died that same year at age 36. Previous record was $ 104 million for Alberto Giacometti 's `` L'Homme Qui Marche I , bronze ''