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The Lady in Gold
The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece
By O'Connor, Anne-Marie
- ISBN
- 9780307265647
- Publisher
- Knopf.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Arts and Humanities
This is an extraordinary biography, not merely of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the subject of one of Gustav Klimt's most famous paintings, but also of the work itself and the world of early 20th-century Vienna. The painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) was famous before its record-breaking purchase in 2006 at $135 million by Ronald S. Lauder for his New York-based Neue Galerie. Through her painstaki...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
