"To have not just one but three rare, superb museum-quality masterpieces by Klimt, none of which has previously been offered at auction, coming up for sale together represents a truly unique moment," Helena Newman, Sotheby's chairman of impressionist and modern art worldwide, said in a press statement. "The Portrait of Elizabeth Lederer epitomizes the aesthetic of Vienna's Golden Age in which youth, beauty, color and ornament are fused into a stunning Modernist portrait whilst the two exquisite square format landscapes, Blumenwiese , 1908, and Waldabhang in Unterach am Attersee , 1916, attest to Klimt's liberation from the traditional conventions of painting."
Other offerings in the Sotheby's sale include six bronze sculpture from Henri Mattise, which could earn $30 million altogether on the block, and Sankthansnatt Johannisnacht (Mittsommernacht) (St. John's Night) (Midsummer Night's Eve) by Edvard Munch, an oil-on-canvas painting that is anticipated to sell for over $20 million.
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