The story of Gustav Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer, the woman in gold
Christie’s role in the remarkable restitution story behind Klimt’s 1907 masterpiece, Adele Bloch-Bauer I — and how, a century after it’s creation, it became the most valuable painting ever sold
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 (detail). Oil, silver and gold on canvas. 140 x 140 cm
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