TOP ARTISTS as of Feb. 2009 by $ales

Andy Warhol 1928-1987 US 1 ±0 481,209.41 +45,947.69
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 ES 2 ±0 449,337.22 +43,335.60
Bruce Nauman *1941 (68) US 3 ±0 272,318.34 +27,695.14
Gerhard Richter *1932 (77) DE 4 ±0 246,359.05 +22,997.53
Joseph Beuys 1921-1986 DE 5 ±0 218,238.73 +28,080.39
Paul Klee 1879-1940 DE 6 ±0 209,941.80 +24,609.18
Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008 US 7 ±0 191,054.81 +16,485.62
Sol LeWitt 1928-2007 US 8 +2 188,910.45 +21,161.04
Cindy Sherman *1954 (55) US 9 -1 185,947.47 +13,047.95
Henri Matisse 1869-1954 FR 10 -1 184,026.11 +13,709.78
Ed Ruscha *1937 (72) US 11 +1 178,221.52 +23,084.07
Louise Bourgeois *1911 (98) FR 12 -1 176,274.25 +20,865.69
Joàn Miró 1893-1983 ES 13 +1 174,214.80 +24,347.27
Sigmar Polke *1941 (68) PL 14 +1 164,782.83 +16,297.28
Roy Lichtenstein 1923-1997 US 15 -2 163,025.95 +9,059.23
Martin Kippenberger 1953-1997 DE 16 ±0 160,986.20 +15,314.79
Max Ernst 1891-1976 DE 17 +8 151,046.44 +26,907.89
Georg Baselitz *1938 (71) DE 18 ±0 149,643.33 +15,794.02
Olafur Eliasson *1967 (42) DK 19 +2 148,773.14 +21,392.98
Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944 RU 20 ±0 148,510.20 +18,098.97
Andreas Gursky *1955 (54) DE 21 -4 147,544.84 +9,313.54
Man Ray 1890-1976 US 22 +8 147,020.23 +31,951.14
Fischli & Weiss *1979 (30) CH 23 -4 142,714.23 +12,027.98
Marcel Duchamp 1887-1968 FR 24 +10 142,344.23 +29,225.44
John Baldessari *1931 (78) US 25 +2 140,636.92 +20,482.98
Douglas Gordon *1966 (43) UK 26 -4 140,588.34 +15,003.21
Lawrence Weiner *1940 (69) US 27 +2 138,554.00 +21,280.54
Thomas Ruff *1958 (51) DE 28 -2 137,519.94 +14,992.00
William Kentridge *1955 (54) ZA 29 -5 137,031.47 +12,629.43
Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966 CH 30 -7 136,048.73 +11,233.51
Pierre Huyghe *1962 (47) FR 31 -3 133,682.02 +15,637.93
Salvador Dalí 1904-1989 ES 32 ±0 131,392.48 +17,246.70
Jasper Johns *1930 (79) US 33 ±0 128,087.29 +14,203.70
Dan Graham *1942 (67) US 34 +1 127,852.32 +16,022.00
Donald Judd 1928-1994 US 35 +4 122,466.56 +13,560.51
Mike Kelley *1954 (55) US 36 +6 122,251.00 +14,895.05
Paul Cézanne 1839-1906 FR 37 -6 122,215.24 +7,826.09
Damien Hirst *1965 (44) UK 38 +6 122,059.32 +15,692.56
Anselm Kiefer *1945 (64) DE 39 -3 121,584.91 +10,985.75
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938 DE 40 +18 121,346.48 +22,775.20
Max Beckmann 1884-1950 DE 41 ±0 120,700.34 +13,016.50
Francis Alÿs *1959 (50) BE 42 +15 119,905.43 +21,004.73
Pipilotti Rist *1962 (47) CH 43 -6 119,539.10 +10,032.03
Jeff Wall *1946 (63) CA 44 -4 119,401.82 +11,023.99
Marina Abramovic *1946 (63) RS 45 ±0 119,187.40 +13,698.90
Franz West *1947 (62) AT 46 -8 118,031.50 +9,042.73
Richard Serra *1939 (70) US 47 +1 117,187.21 +13,796.58
Fernand Léger 1881-1955 FR 48 +1 116,566.39 +13,188.29
Thomas Struth *1954 (55) DE 49 +1 115,346.13 +12,119.06
Alexander Calder 1898-1976 US 50 +2 114,976.62 +14,712.35
Gilbert & George *1967 (42) UK 51 -8 114,729.33 +8,108.09
Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 NL 52 -6 114,664.54 +9,354.52
Nam June Paik 1932-2006 KR 53 ±0 112,831.18 +12,687.61
Paul McCarthy *1945 (64) US 54 +5 111,952.87 +13,428.14

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