Klimt portrait 'Lady with a Fan' up for sale with $80-million estimate
‘Lady with a Fan’ is the last portrait Klimt completed before his death in 1918. It was last sold in 1994, going for $11.6-million at an auction in New York
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‘Lady with a Fan’ is the last portrait Klimt completed before his death in 1918. It was last sold in 1994, going for $11.6-million at an auction in New York
It could be Europe's most expensive painting ever?
Sotheby's expects Gustav Klimt's last portrait, "Dame mit Facher" ("Lady with a Fan"), to set a European record when it is auctioned in London on 27 June. The painting, valued at around £65m ($80m), was found on the artist's easel when he died suddenly in February 1918.
The last portrait painted by Gustav Klimt is expected to set a European record when it is auctioned in London later this month, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.
LONDON (AP) — A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt could become the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe when it is auctioned later this month. Auctioneer Sotheby’s said o…