The work, titled “Portrait of Miss Lieser”, by Gustav Klimt, set a new record in Austria for the amount paid in its sale.
The painting titled “Portrait of Miss Lieser”, by Gustav Klimt, was auctioned this Wednesday, 24th, in Vienna, by 30 million euros (around R$165 million). The sale of the work, which had been missing for more than 100 years, set a new record for Austria, despite the mystery surrounding its origin.
With an estimated value of between 30 and 50 million euros, the painting was sold at the lower end of the price range estimated by the “im Kinsky” auction house, as reported by the newspaper O Globo. This amount was far from the 90 million euros raised in June 2023, when another painting by the artist was sold in London.
However, the sale of the painting was a Historic markas “a comparable work” to this one has never been sold for that price in Klimt’s home country, according to Claudia Mörth Gasserhead of the modern art section.
Enchantment
“No one expected a painting of this importance, missing for a hundred years, to resurface,” said the expert. The country’s previous record for the price paid for a painting was 7 million euros for a Flemish painting sold in 2010.
This portrait, resurrected after more than 100 years and without signature, it is causing an uproar due to its condition and the fact that it has never left Austria. Since its reveal in January, Crowds have gathered to admire him at pre-sale exhibitions in Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
The work, which began in 1917 and since then unfinisheddepicts a young brunette with precise features, wrapped in a large cloak adorned with flowers on a vibrant red background.
