Klimt portrait tops Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art sale at £22m
A couple of recently restituted works of art drew prolonged bidding at Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art in London including Gustav Klimt's (1862-1918) portrait of Gertrud Loew which was the top lot of the night at £22m.
The portrait from 1902 drew a dramatic competition between a phone bidder and a lady in the room who…