Next up in our series of the world’s most expensive living artists: the Americans. Auction results reveal both the usual suspects as well as some surprises, making this list more diverse than might have been expected. Some of these artists are auction darlings with thousands of works on the block, while others have had nary 100 lots to their name. Many of these examples demonstrate a taste for Americana, whether kitschy objects that reference a peculiarly American innocence, or works that defy that guileless posture or otherwise engage the country’s culture and history.