A WORK BY GUSTAV KLIMT, THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE AT AUCTIONS: IT SOLD FOR $236.3 MILLION
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✍️ A portrait by Gustav Klimt sold for $236.360 million at Sotheby's, a record for the artist, and the second-highest sale ever, behind Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi.
👉 Gustav Klimt's portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for $236.360 million at Sotheby's, a record for the artist. 👉 The painting was originally owned by the Lederer family, who were major patrons of Klimt's work. 👉 Elisabeth Lederer was recognized as Klimt's illegitimate daughter in 1939. 👉 The painting was sold at Sotheby's in 2023, more than 40 years after it was purchased by Leonard Alan Lauder.
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