Coverage dated April 23, 2024

Klimt portrait lost for nearly 100 years auctioned off for $32 million

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Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Fräulein Lieser," which went missing after its owners fled Austria after 1930, was auctioned off for $32 million.

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  1. CBS News

    Klimt portrait lost for nearly 100 years auctioned off for $32 million (opens CBS News)

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    Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Fräulein Lieser," which went missing after its owners fled Austria after 1930, was auctioned off for $32 million.

  2. France 24

    Top price predicted for long-lost Klimt portrait at Vienna auction (opens France 24)

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    A painting by symbolist icon Gustav Klimt that reappeared after nearly a century will be sold at auction in Vienna on Wednesday despite questions surrounding its provenance.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Klimt portrait missing for nearly a century sold for $32 million (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century has sold for $32 million – the bottom end of its pre-auction estimate. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” thought to be one of the Austrian painter’s final works, created huge excitement in the art world, …

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna

  5. NBC4 Washington

    A portrait by Gustav Klimt once believed to be lost sells for $32 million at an auction in Vienna (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost has been sold at an auction in Vienna for 30 million euros.

  6. Fox News

    Gustav Klimt portrait sold for $32 million at auction in Vienna (opens Fox News)

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    One of Gustav Klimt's final paintings from 1917, "Portrait of Fräulein Lieser," has sold at an auction house in Vienna for $32 million by an unidentified buyer.

  7. The Guardian

    Lost Gustav Klimt painting sells for €30m at auction in Vienna (opens The Guardian)

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    Unfinished Portrait of Fräulein Lieser resurfaced in private collection but questions remain about its journey and its subject

  8. New York Times

    Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction (opens New York Times)

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    The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Klimt painting sold at Austrian auction for €32 million – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser" was long thought to be lost, when in fact it hung for decades in a private villa near Vienna.

  10. Forbes

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