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Quiz: Can you match the famous artwork with its price tag at auction?

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Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

"Three Studies of Lucian Freud" by Francis Bacon raked in $142.4 million at Christie’s. Can you guess the price tag on these?

"Three Studies of Lucian Freud," a three-panel painting by Francis Bacon, sold at Christie's for a record $142.4 million. Here's a look at other auction house price tags.

"Three Studies of Lucian Freud," a three-panel painting by Francis Bacon, sold at Christie's for a record $142.4 million. The amount topped the $119.9 million sale of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" at Sotheby's New York. There was also an oil painting by Mark Rothko that sold for $86.9 million at a Christie's auction. But they're not the first pieces of art to wow the public with high price tags.

Can you guess the price of the auction house offerings below?

Roll over the winning bid to see the corresponding artwork.

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"Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust"

Oil on canvas

Circa 1932

Auction house: Christie's New York

Year of sale: 2010

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"Triptych, 1976"

Oil on canvas

Circa 1976

Auction house: Sotheby's New York

Year of sale: 2008

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"Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II"

Oil on canvas

Circa 1912

Auction house: Christie's New York

Year of sale: 2006

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"Dora Maar au chat"

Oil on canvas

Circa 1941

Auction house: Sotheby's New York

Year of sale: 2006

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"L'Homme Qui Marche I"

Bronze sculpture

Circa 1961

Auction house: Sotheby's London

Year of sale: 2010

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"Le basin aux nymphéas"

Oil on canvas

Circa 1919

Auction house: Sotheby's London

Year of sale: 2008

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Click here to reveal the answers, or hover over the prices to see the corresponding artwork.

$80.3 million: "Le basin aux nymphéas," 1919, Claude Monet | $86.2 million: "Triptych," 1976, Francis Bacon | $87.9 million: "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II," 1912, Gustav Klimt | $95.2 million: "Dora Maar au chat," 1941, Pablo Picasso | $104.3 million: "L'Homme quia marche I," 1961, Alberto Giacometti | $106.4 million: "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," 1932, Pablo Picasso

Source: Sotheby's | Interactivity and design by: Lily Mihalik, Armand Emamdjomeh/@emamd, Stephanie Ferrell.

Featured art: "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," by Pablo Picasso / AP | "Triptych, 1976," by Francis Bacon / AP | "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II ," by Gustav Klimt / AP | "Dora Maar au Chat," by Pablo Picasso / AP | "L'Homme qui marche I" by Alberto Giacometti / EPA | "Le bassin aux nymphéas," by Claude Monet / AP

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