Some art pieces are really a mysterious thing to understand and sometimes we don’t understand what can be the artist’s message by using such a “simple idea” to create a painting that then is sold by millions. Here are some paintings sold for millions and you actually don’t understand why.

The blood-red mirror – $ 1.1 million

Here are some paintings that were sold by millions and you actually don't understand

“Mirror” was sold for $ 1.1 million. Recognizing the value of the remaining works by Gerhard Richter, it is difficult to understand the value of this. It’s just red paint applied with a slight gradient in the mirror.

“Untitled”, Cy Twombly – $ 2.3 millionThis picture of Cy Twombly sold for $ 2.3 million at Christie’s auction. This work is done with colored pencils on paper, which is about the same, and the same materials, which in kindergarten trying to output the first letter. The oblique glance looks at how the five-year baby fulfills writing the letter “e”.

White Fire I – $ 3.8 million

Here are some paintings sold for millions and you actually don't understand why.

White Fire I by Barnett Newman was purchased for $ 3.8 million. “The name” White Fire “- a mystical term originating from the Torah. As such, it is definitely filled with deep spiritual feeling, which Newman tried to give the viewers of his paintings.

Onement VI – $43.84 Million

The work reached a record price of 43.84 million dollars (34.07 million euros) at an auction held in May 2013 at Sotheby’s in New York. The work shows two rectangles of a vibrant blue, divided by a light blue line.

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False Start – $80 Million

The False Start is one of the popular oil paintings of Jasper Johns and was made on a canvas 170.8 centimeters long and 137.2 centimeters wide. The colorful painting has always impressed the people since the time it was released. The magnificent use of varied kinds of colors in painting is most impressive. In year 2006, the painting was sold to the Kenneth C. Griffin, for $80 million.

Orange, Red, Yellow – $86 Million

Orange, Red, Yellow is a 1961 Color Field painting by Mark Rothko sold at Christie’s for $86 Million.

No. 5 – $161.7 Million)

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This is a painting by Jackson Pollock on 1948. The painting was done on an 8′ × 4′ sheet of fiberboard, with thick amounts of brown and yellow paint drizzled on top of it, forming a nest-like appearance.