Gustav Klimt portrait breaks modern art record with $236m sale | Arts and Culture News
The painting helped save the life of its Jewish subject from Nazis during World War II. Published On 20 Nov…
Tag: Klimt
Gustav Klimt Painting Sells for $236.4 Million
Gustav Klimt‘s legacy just got a little greener. After all, the symbolist artist’s painting Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (or Portrait of…
Klimt painting sells at Sotheby’s for $236 million, boosting art market
People talk near the Leonard A. Lauder Collection (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer) during a preview of the auction house Sotheby’s…
Gustav Klimt painting becomes second most expensive artwork sold at auction
A portrait by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt was sold for $236.4m (£179m) in New York on Tuesday, making it…