Adele Bloch-Bauer's Portrait
by Gustav Klimt
Title
Adele Bloch-Bauer's Portrait
Artist
Gustav Klimt
Medium
Painting - Oil And Golden And Silver Foil On Canvas
Description
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a 1907 painting by Gustav Klimt. The first of two portraits Klimt painted of Bloch-Bauer, it has been referred to as the final and most fully representative work of his golden phase.
The painting was appropriated by the Nazis, and its ownership was subsequently contested between the heirs of the original owners and the Austrian state, finally being settled by a panel of Austrian judges in favor of the family members. According to press reports, the work was later sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006, which made it at that time the most expensive painting for about 4 months.[2] It has been on display at the gallery since July 2006.
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