Sale of €30m Klimt Falls Through

April 24 2025

Image of Sale of €30m Klimt Falls Through

Picture: Kinsky

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Austrian press have reported that the sale of Gustav Klimt's Fräulein Lieser, which made €30m at Kinsky in Vienna last April, has fallen through. The article above (which lays out the complicated provenance of the picture) suggests that the sticking point surrounded the winning bidder's desire, seemingly represented by Patti Wong & Associates of Hong Kong, to have 'declarations of indemnity from all heirs of Adolf and Lilly Lieser before the purchase was concluded.' It seems that one heir had refused to sign such an agreement.


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