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Gustav Klimt's WWI-era painting breaks modern art record with $236 million sale
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:04 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:04 am
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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 Lederer” sold after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s in New York
The 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) portrait, painted over three years between 1914 and 1916, depicts the daughter of one of Vienna's wealthiest families adorned in an East Asian emperor’s cloak. It is one of two full-length portraits by the Austrian artist that remain privately owned. The work was kept separate from other Klimt paintings that burned in a fire at an Austrian castle.
The colorful painting depicts the Lederer family's life of luxury before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Nazis looted the Lederer art collection, leaving only the family portraits, which were considered “too Jewish” to be worth stealing, according to the National Gallery of Canada, where the painting was previously on loan.
AP
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 11:11 am
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Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:05 am to L.A.
Definitely money laundering.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:06 am to L.A.
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zis looted the Lederer art collection, leaving only the family portraits, which were considered “too Jewish” to be worth stealing,
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:07 am to L.A.
Ridiculous
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:24 am to UptownJoeBrown
quote:this
Definitely money laundering.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:40 am to L.A.
That’s a man baby.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:43 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Definitely money laundering
I think it belonged to an Estee Lauder heir.
I would need to understand how the buyer would clean that money relatively quickly. This thing likely wont see auction again for another 20 years.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:44 am to L.A.
quote:god damn
The colorful painting depicts the Lederer family's life of luxury before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Nazis looted the Lederer art collection, leaving only the family portraits, which were considered “too Jewish” to be worth stealing
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:05 pm to L.A.
Definitely AI, look at the hands.
Or just shitty painting
Or just shitty painting
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:05 pm to L.A.
I like how he subtly captured her mustache hair.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:12 pm to L.A.
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In an attempt to save herself, Elisabeth Lederer made up a story that Klimt, who was not Jewish and died in 1918, was her father. It helped that the artist spent years working meticulously on her portrait.
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Nazis looted the Lederer art collection, leaving only the family portraits, which were considered “too Jewish” to be worth stealing
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:12 pm to L.A.
1 painting is "worth" a quarter of a billion dollars, wow....
I wonder what the Mona Lisa would go for?
I wonder what the Mona Lisa would go for?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:13 pm to L.A.
Is that Nuss?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:34 pm to L.A.
"Oh, Thornton, your wife was just showing us her Klimt."
"You too, huh? She shows it to everybody."
"You too, huh? She shows it to everybody."
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:35 pm to DiamondDog
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I think it belonged to an Estee Lauder heir.
I would need to understand how the buyer would clean that money relatively quickly. This thing likely wont see auction again for another 20 years.
It was. Both Ronald and Leonard (Lauder heirs) were prolific art collectors. This was part of Leonard's collection and hung in his private NY residence for most of the time and was rarely on display publicly (which likely drove up the price). It also has an interesting history behind it.
Ronald was the one who purchased one of the most famous Klimts, "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" (The Woman in Gold) after Maria Altmann (Adele's niece) legally pushed for Austria to return the painting to them since it was acquired through Nazi raids by the Austrian museum. I believe he paid $135 million for that one in 2006 but it was under the condition that it remain on public display here in the US.
I'm a Klimt fan, but they're much cooler to see in person because of the textures used.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:57 pm to BluegrassBelle
Belvedere museum in Vienaa has 24 Klimt paintings. Worth a visit - beautiful place.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 1:01 pm to TD422
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"Oh, Thornton, your wife was just showing us her Klimt."
"You too, huh? She shows it to everybody."
Posted on 11/20/25 at 1:07 pm to L.A.
To each his own but with something that insignificant , I’d imagine there’s more to the value than they are letting us know. We can all speculate what laundering operation this satisfies
Posted on 11/20/25 at 1:15 pm to TROLA
"The Kiss" from last Nov trip. very popular.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 1:17 pm to L.A.
1. Win Powerball
2. Buy one painting
3. Live in mobile home with painting and beg for food money on the corner
2. Buy one painting
3. Live in mobile home with painting and beg for food money on the corner
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