Klimt Has Joined the Short List at the Top of the Public Auction Record

Gustav Klimt's paintings now sit alongside the highest prices ever reached in open bidding, a level very few artists have ever reached. For readers in New York who follow the evening sales, what matters is that these results are public: the bids were made in the room and recorded, not agreed privately. ARTnews has ranked the Klimt works that reached the highest totals when they sold at auction. When his name appears in a sale catalogue now, the room knows the company it keeps.

With reporting from ARTnews.