Gustav Klimt

Klimt portrait sells for record $236.4M at auction

Gustav Klimt's six-foot portrait of a young Viennese heiress shattered records on Tuesday, selling for $236.4 million at Sotheby's New York and becoming the second-most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. The sale of "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" capped a…

Sotheby’s to auction Lauder’s $400M art collection

Sotheby's has secured one of the art market's most significant consignments in years, announcing Monday it will auction Leonard Lauder's $400 million collection in November. The sale, featuring 55 lots led by Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" with an…