Bidding Battle Boosts Klimt Masterpiece to Record Price

Watch the four-way bidding battle that pushed Gustav Klimt’s Bauerngarten to a new record price for a landscape by the artist at auction, during Sotheby’s March 2017 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London. One of the greatest works by the artist to ever appear at auction, Bauerngarten sold for £47.97m ($59.3m) – the third highest price for any work sold at auction in Europe. Learn More: www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/impre… Download The Sotheby’s App: itunes.apple.com/us/app/sothebys/id1061156465?mt=8 FOR MORE NEWS FROM SOTHEBY’S Newsletter:www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/all-blogs/sot… Instagram: www.instagram.com/sothebys/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/sothebys Twitter: twitter.com/sothebys Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/sothebys Weibo: www.weibo.com/sothebyshongkong?is_hot=1 WeChat: sothebyshongkong Snapchat: Sothebys

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