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arts-and-culture2 years ago

Klimt's 'Lady With a Fan' Shatters European Auction Record

Gustav Klimt's late-life masterpiece, "Dame mit Fächer" (Lady with a Fan), has set a new record for the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe, selling for £85.3 million ($108.4 million) at Sotheby's in London. The painting, completed shortly before Klimt's death in 1918, depicts an unidentified woman against a backdrop of dragons and lotus blossoms. The buyer, art adviser Patti Wong, acting on behalf of a Hong Kong collector, secured the artwork after a 10-minute bidding war. The sale price exceeded the presale estimate and surpassed the previous European auction record set in 2010 for Alberto Giacometti's sculpture "Walking Man I."

via HuffPost|
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arts-and-culture2 years ago

Gustav Klimt's Last Portrait Expected to Break Auction Records with $80M Estimate.

Sotheby's is set to auction Gustav Klimt's "last masterpiece," the portrait "Dame mit Fächer," which is expected to fetch around $80 million, the highest estimate ever given to a European artwork. The painting, depicting an unidentified female subject, was found at the Austrian artist's studio upon his death in 1918. Klimt's paintings have exploded in value over the last two decades, with the auction record for a Klimt currently held by "Birch Forest," which fetched $104.5 million last year. The sale comes amid fears that the auction market is cooling following an initially buoyant recovery from Covid-19.

via CNN|
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