Gustav Klimt portrait breaks modern art record with $236 million sale
Updated : , , A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s in New York,…
bubmagNovember 19, 2025