11/19/2025 Klimt News

Klimt auction record

Gustav Klimt: Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914-1916, The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
© Sotheby's

Gustav Klimt: Flowering Meadow, 1908, The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
© Klimt Foundation, Vienna

Gustav Klimt: Unterach on the Attersee, 1916, The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
© Sotheby's

Gustav Klimt's painting Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914-1916) was sold yesterday at Sotheby's New York for a total of $236.4 million after a bidding battle – a new record! The landscape paintings Flower Meadow (1908) and Unterach am Attersee (1916) were also auctioned. They sold for $86 million and $70.8 million (including buyer’s premium) respectively.

Further details: 
https://gkdb.link/3623-7740
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000297004/2millionen-bildnis-elisabeth-lederer-bringt-neuen-klimt-auktionsrekord
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gustav-klimt-portrait-of-elisabeth-lederer-auction-record-1234762083/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/klimt-waldabhang-unterach-attersee-lauder-sale-1234762095/