A Gustav Klimt painting is now the most expensive piece of modern art sold at auction. The fascinating history behind the $236 million 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer.'

A painting by Gustav Klimt just became the most expensive piece of modern art to be sold at auction.

Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale

The pieces were up for auction Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” helped ...

Night of Modern Art History, Night of Spectacle at Sotheby’s

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio ...

Gustav Klimt painting that spared subject from Nazis breaks modern art price record

The only higher public sale remains Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450.3m (£342.66m) at ...

Gustav Klimt painting sells for $236.4M, becomes second most expensive artwork ever auctioned in history

A Gustav Klimt painting was sold for $236.4 million on Tuesday, November 18, becoming the world’s most expensive modern artwork ever sold at auction as well as the second-priciest work of art ever ...

Klimt Portrait Smashes Record for Most Expensive Modern Art Sold at Auction

A painting that once helped save its Jewish subject from the Holocaust has set a new modern art record at auction. Gustav ...
The New York Sun

Gustav Klimt, Visionary of Vienna, Soars to the Stratosphere With $236.4 Million Sale That Sets Record for Modern Art

‘Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer,’ a painting that survived the Holocaust, is sold for an astonishing sum.