Klimt portrait smashes auction record

Gustav KlimtÕs Portrait of
Elisabeth Lederer fetched
$236.4 million, making it the
most expensive piece of
modern art sold at auction.
The painting is also the most
valuable artwork ever sold
by SothebyÕs and breaks
the auction record for a work
by Klimt

ÒPortrait of Elisabeth LedererÓ
(1914-16) Ð 1.8m-tall painting
depicts daughter of one of
KlimtÕs main patrons

Andy WarholÕs
ÒShot Sage
Blue MarilynÓ
(1964) Ð
held previous
record for
modern art
piece sold
at auction

MOST EXPENSIVE ARTWORKS

Auction
Private sale

Artist

Leonardo da Vinci
Willem de Kooning
Paul CŽzanne
Gustav Klimt
Paul Gauguin
Jackson Pollock
Rembrandt
Andy Warhol
Mark Rothko
Gustav Klimt
Rembrandt
Pablo Picasso

Title

Salvator Mundi (c.1500)
Interchange (1955)
The Card Players (1893)
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914-16)
When Will You Marry? (1892)
Number 17A (1948)
The Standard Bearer (1636)
Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964)
No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) (1951)
Water Serpents II (1904-07)
Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans
and Oopjen Coppit (1634)
Women of Algiers, Version O (1955)

Year of sale

2017
2015
2011
2025
2014
2015
2022
2022
2014
2013
2016
2015

$m

450.3
~300.0
250.0
236.4
210.0
200.0
198.0
195.0
186.0
183.8
180.0
179.4

Sources: AFP, Euronews
Pictures: Getty Images, Wikimedia
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