Gustav Klimt — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Studie für die "Tänzerin" ("Die Erwartung"), Mit erhobenen Unterarmen und Halsketten nach rechts

Christie's

$406,400

Aufgestützt liegender Akt

Christie's

$107,950

Stehender Frauenakt mit erhobenem rechtem Arm, Studie für "Veritas" im Fakultätsbild "Die Jurisprudenz"

Christie's

$44,450

Angelehnter, sich aufstützender Frauenakt, Studie im Zusammenhang mit dem Gemälde "Die Freundinnen"

Christie's

$25,400

Stehender Akt nach rechts (Executed circa 1916-1917)

Bonhams

£28,000 ($37k USD)

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Sitzender Frauenakt von vorne (Executed circa 1903-1904)

£10,000 ($13k USD)

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer), 1914

$236,360,000

Blumenwiese (Blooming Meadow)

Sotheby's

$86,000,000

Sitzend von vorne mit ausgestrecktem linkem Arm, das Kinn aufgestützt (Studie für das Porträt I der Adele Bloch-Bauer) (Study for Portrait I of Adele Bloch-Bauer) , 1903

Sotheby's

$520,700

Stehend von vorne (Studie für Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer) (Study for Portrait I of Adele Bloch-Bauer), 1903

Sotheby's

$482,600

Stehender Akt mit eingebeugten Armen nach links, den Kopf nach vorne gedreht

Christie's

$69,850

Zwei Studien einer Kauernden nach links, Kopfstudie

Christie's

£50,800 ($67k USD)

Oct 2025

Christie's

Liegender Halbakt mit gespreizten Schenkeln

£152,400 ($201k USD)

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

Zwei sich gegeneinander stützende Männerakte (Two Male Nudes Bracing Each Other), 1904

$60,000

Sep 2025

Sotheby's

Stehende Dame mit Mantel von vorne (Standing Lady with Coat from the Front)

Bought In

Sep 2025

Christie's

Mit verschr ä nkten H ä nden sitzender Halbakt

$44,100

May 2025

Christie's

Kopf und Schultern einer Frau nach links geneigt

$44,100

May 2025

Christie's

Stehender Akt mit Langen Haaren

$25,200

May 2025

Christie's

Liebespaar nach rechts

£60,480 ($80k USD)

Studie zu 'Gerechtigkeit' in der Ölskizze für die 'Jurisprudenz' (recto); Alter Mann im Profil, Studie im Zusammenhang mit der Ölskizze zu 'Medizin' (verso)

Christie's

£27,720 ($37k USD)

Liegender Halbakt (Reclining Semi-Nude), 1914

Sotheby's

£195,002 ($195k USD)

Stehende junge Frau (Studie im Zusammenhang mit der "Die Tänzerin") (Standing Young Woman (Study related to "The Dancer")), 1916

Sotheby's

£130,001 ($130k USD)

Halbakt Mit Gespreizten Beinen (Half of a Nude with Legs Spread)

Sotheby's

£61,751 ($62k USD)

Gebeugter nackter Greis nach rechts (Naked Old Man Bent Over to the Right)

Sotheby's

$15,000

Feb 2025

For Sale 3

Galerie Fledermaus · 1stDibs

Lovers Reclining

$325,000

Century Guild · 1stDibs

Portrait of Lady in Red and Black by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912

$4,850

Century Guild · 1stDibs

Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

$7,800

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Market1,858 auction results

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$2.6K – $560K

141 of 179 works on paper lots with prices

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$72.4K

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$56.7K

141 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Work on paper Sale

May 2026 · $28.6K

Latest priced sale: Gustav Klimt - 60 x 60 cm - $8/sq cm

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Works on paper: $56.7K medianPaintings: $28M medianUnclassified lots: $12.6K medianEditioned prints: $859 medianPosters/ephemera: $300 medianBooks/portfolios: $1.0K medianEditioned objects: — median

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Biennial Selections1

Venice Biennale — Venice

2026 · In Minor Keys · curated by Koyo Kouoh

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Publications43

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Gustav Klimt: In Search of The, Total Artwork Author

Prestel · 2009

Monograph 20

Gustav Klimt: Der Beethovenfries

Hatje Cantz · 2026

Gustav Klimt: The Beethoven Frieze

Hatje Cantz · 2026

Prestel · 2023

Prestel · 2019

Gustav Klimt & Emilie Flöge

Prestel · 2017

Gustav Klimt Author

Prestel · 2012

Prestel · 2012

Gustav Klimt und das ewig Weibliche

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Gustav Klimt and the Viennese Avant-Garde

Prestel · 2009

Prestel · 2007

Prestel · 2006

Gustav Klimt: Drawings & Watercolours

Thames & Hudson · 2006

Thames & Hudson · 2005

Gustav Klimt Author

Prestel · 2000

Klimt

Phaidon Press · 1996

Abrams · 1994

Klimt

Thames & Hudson · 1990

Women Author

Rizzoli · 1987

Abrams · 1980

Klimt

Phaidon Press

Exhibition Catalog 17

Gustav Klimt Author

Skira · 2019

The women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka

Abrams · 2017

Klimt and the women of Vienna's golden age 1900-1918 Author

Prestel · 2016

Prestel · 2015

Kunst & Textil: Stoff als Idee und Material in der Moderne von Klimt bis heute

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Wolken: Welt des Flüchtigen

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Gustav Klimt Author

Prestel · 2012

Gustav Klimt Erwartung Und Erfllung Entwrfde Zum Mosaikfries Im Palais Stoclet

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Klimt Die Sammlung des Wien Museums

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Klimt: The Collection of the Wien Museum

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Gustav Klimt - Josef Hoffmann Author

Prestel · 2011

Vienna 1900 Klimt Schiele And Their Times A Total Work Of Art

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Wien 1900: Klimt, Schiele und ihre Zeit

Hatje Cantz · 2010

Toulouse-Lautrec: Der intime Blick

Hatje Cantz · 2009

gustav klimt und die kunstchau /allemand

Prestel · 2008

Gustav Klimt Author

Abrams · 2005

Klimt's women Author

Yale University Press · 2000

Group Catalog 1

Gustav Klimt: Die Sammlung im Leopold Museum

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Survey 4

Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History

Phaidon Press · 2024

A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works

Thames & Hudson · 2018

Art in Vienna 1898–1918: Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries

Phaidon Press · 2015

The Figurative Artist’s Handbook: A Contemporary Guide to Figure Drawing, Painting, and Composition

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions2

#1,422 Richard Nagy Ltd.

Gustav Klimt. Women

Gustav Klimt

130 East 64th

May 14, 2026 — Jun 17, 2026

Details Website

#12 Gladstone

Gustav Klimt: Women

Gustav Klimt

515 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 15, 2026 — Jun 17, 2026

Details Website

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Recent News20

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Masterpieces of Floral Art from the Belvedere Go on View in Beijing

The Belvedere museum in Vienna has lent a selection of masterpieces of floral art to the Beijing World Art Museum for the exhibition "Blooming Hearts …

exhibitionsJun 16, 2026

Da Sotheby’s Londra l’asta da record della Lewis Collection. Degas, Modigliani e tutte le altre opere che hanno fatto scandalo

Sotheby's London will auction the Lewis Collection, a group of 48 artworks valued at over £200 million, on June 24-25, 2026. Assembled over decades by…

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"Man biegt die Röhren wie Makkaroni"

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A Guide to Museum Mile, New York’s Premier Cultural Corridor

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Sotheby's will auction Lucian Freud's monumental painting *Sleeping by the Lion Carpet* (1995–96) for the first time this June in London, as part of t…

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Five Questions for Five Advisors on the May Marquee Sales

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À New York, le Metropolitan Museum of Art absorbe la Neue Galerie et sa collection de Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka…

On May 14, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Neue Galerie in New York announced a historic merger set for 2028. The Neue Galerie, founded in 2001…

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Past Exhibitions13

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#1,549 Eames Fine Art Print Room

Gustav Klimt | 47 Drawings

Gustav Klimt

159 Bermondsey Street

Mar 12, 2026 — Mar 29, 2026

Upper Belvedere

IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

1030 Vienna, Austria

Jan 1, 2025

Exhibition • Upper Belvedere IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt The Bride 15 May 2025 - 5 October 2025 IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt , 15 May 2025 to 5 October 2025 , Upper Bel...

Leopold Museum

EDMUND KALB

Edmund Kalb, Richard Gerstl, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Gustav Klimt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2019

EDMUND KALB24th May 2019 to 18th Aug. 2019

Leopold Museum

GUSTAV KLIMT

Gustav Klimt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jun 22, 2018 — Nov 4, 2018

GUSTAV KLIMT Artist of the Century 22.06.2018 – 04.11.2018

Leopold Museum

Female Images

Tina Blau, Marie Egner, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Broncia Koller-Pinell, Käthe Kollwitz, Emma Bormann, Wally Wieselthier, Maria Likarz, Kitty Rix, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2017

Female Images From Biedermeier to Early Modernism 7th July to 18th September 2017

Leopold Museum

A RUSH OF COLOR

Alexej von Jawlensky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Alexey von Jawlensky, Franz Marc, Christian Rohlfs, Gabriele Münter, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2016

A RUSH OF COLOR Masterpieces of German Expressionism 9th October to 11th January 2016

Collection Conversations Arshile Gorky: Between Worlds

Chrysler Museum of Art

Arshile Gorky, Gustav Klimt

Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Pl, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA

Jul 1, 2015 — Oct 18, 2015

Arshile Gorky, Gustav Klimt — Jul 1, 2015 – Oct 18, 2015

Visiting Masterpiece Gustav Klimt’s "Adam and Eve"

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Gustav Klimt

465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Jan 17, 2015 — Apr 17, 2015

Leopold Museum

Art of Feeling

Tracey Emin, Wally Neuzil, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2015

Art of Feeling Visualize your feelings at Leopold Museum 08th July 2015 to 16th August 2015

Leopold Museum

LINE AND SHAPE

Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Alfred Kubin, Albin Egger-Lienz, Hans Böhler, Anton Kolig

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2014

LINE AND SHAPE 100 Master Drawings from the Leopold Collection 23rd of May to 20th of October 2014

Leopold Museum

Clouds

Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus, William Turner, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, John Constable, Ferdinand Hodler, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2013

Clouds Fleeting Worlds 22 March 2013 - 01 July 2013

Leopold Museum

The Excitement Continues

Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Gerstl, Alfred Kubin, Albin Egger-Lienz, Herbert Boeckl, Anton Kolig, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Friedrich Gauermann, Anton Romako, Otto Muehl

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2011

The Excitement Continues Contemporary art from the Leopold Collection II 14 October 2011 - 30 January 2012 extended until 27 February 2012

Leopold Museum

Hidden Treasures

Rudolf von Alt, Carl Schindler, Thomas Ender, Marie Egner, Eduard Zetsche, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Herbert Boeckl, Oskar Laske, Wilhelm Thöny, Josef Dobrowsky, August Rieger

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2010

Hidden Treasures of Austrian Watercolor Painting 5 March 2010 - 24 May 2010