What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Gustav Klimt work have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first ...
The auction house’s debut at the Breuer was defined by Gustav Klimt’s late portrait soaring to $236.4 million, anchoring the ...
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at an auction where a solid gold toilet also sold for $12 ...
"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...
The top lot of the week was a Klimt portrait from the collection of Leonard Lauder at Sotheby's. It set a new auction record ...
The $706m total for the night included a white-glove sale of 24 lots from the collection of late cosmetics heir Leonard ...
The Austrian painter’s work, Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $236 million on Tuesday. Six ...
Gustav Klimt's 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer,' sold for an astonishing $236.4 million on Tuesday, making it the most ...
At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio ...
The Vienna-born artist came to prominence during the early 20th century and is best known for his gold-leaf-laden works “The ...
At Sotheby’s first sale in its new headquarters, it became the priciest work of modern art ever sold at auction.