Gustav Klimt portrait breaks modern art record with $236 million sale
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
(Associated Press, 2025-11-19T14:48:02Z)