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A new potential heir of a portrait by Gustav Klimt, recently sold at auction for $32 million, has filed a claim to the long-lost painting.

After nearly a century, a Gustav Klimt painting, Portrait of Miss Lieser, has resurfaced and fetched a record price of 30 million euros at an Austrian auction

Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser", a painting of a young woman left unfinished when the Austrian artist died, sold at auction on Wednesday for $32 million despite open questions about its subject and previous ownership.

A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for 30 million euros (US$32 million).

But there are unanswered questions about Portrait of Fraulein Lieser, including what happened to it during the Nazi era.

Gustav Klimt's 1917 'Portrait of Fräulein Lieser' is hitting the auction block this April.

Klimt Painting: Auction House im Kinsky Presents Rediscovered Portrait of a Young Female