Overview
- Bidding lasted about 20 minutes, with a $205 million hammer price climbing to roughly $236.4 million including fees.
- Sotheby’s reported new records for a Klimt at auction and for the most valuable lot in the company’s history.
- The painting was consigned from the estate of Leonard A. Lauder as part of an autumn sale of his collection.
- Other Klimt works from the Lauder holdings sold the same night, including Blühende Wiese for $86 million and Waldhang in Unterach for $68.3 million.
- Total proceeds from the session reached about $527.5 million, and the winning bidder’s identity was not disclosed.