Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer became the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction at $236 million. Photo: David S. Allee Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer became the second-most ...

A Gustav Klimt masterpiece has become the most expensive piece of modern art to be sold at an auction after a whopping $236.4 million bid. The piece was owned by Leonard Lauder who died in June and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An art handler views Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer by Gustav Klimt during a press preview at Sotheby’s in New York City on Nov. 7.

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 ...

NEW YORK — A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for $236.4 million in New York City on Tuesday, making it the second most expensive piece ever sold at auction and the priciest in the modern ...

Art handlers providing white-glove service for Gustav Klimt's plein-air landscape painting "Insel im Attersee" (1902) (all images courtesy Sotheby's) Impressionistic landscapes usually aren't the ...

A painting that may have helped heal Gustav Klimt’s heart after a major loss is coming to auction next month. Sotheby’s is offering Hanswurst Delivering an Impromptu Performance in Rothenburg (1892-94 ...

A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century is expected to fetch millions when it goes up for auction this spring. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” thought to be one of the ...

The last portrait completed by Gustav Klimt became the most expensive artwork ever to sell at a European auction Tuesday, when it sold for a staggering £85.3 million ($108.4 million) in London.

On November 18, Sotheby’s rolled out the blue carpet, hung the velvet ropes, and poured Champagne for attendees on the inaugural night of auctions at the Breuer Building, its new headquarters on ...