Description: OSTRICH EGG PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH-BAUER I, 1907 BY GUSTAV KLIMT, COLLECTION OF NEUE GALERIE, NEW YORK. THE PAINTING INITIALLY BELONGED TO THE BLOCH-BAUERS, CONFISCATED BY THE NAZIS, AND BOUGHT BY THE MODERNE GALLERIE (NOW ÖSTERREICHISCHE GALERIE), VIENNA IN 1941. IN 2006, A COURT DECISION ATTRIBUTED THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PAINTING TO MARIA ALTMANN, THE NIECE OF THE BLOCH-BAUERS. SHE SOLD THE PAINTING FOR $135 MILLION DOLLARS TO RONALD LAUDER, WHO TRANSFERRED IT TO THE NEUE GALERIE. Adele Bloch-Bauer was a wealthy society woman, hostess of a renowned Viennese salon, art patron, and philanthropist. Her famous portraits by Klimt are historical witnesses to the significance of Jewish patronage during the Golden Era of fin-de-siècle Vienna. Among the famous guests in her salon were composer Gustav Mahler, journalist Berta Zuckerkandl, author Stefan Zweig, and socialist Julius Tandler. She supported socialist causes. The restitution cases of the relatives of Adele’s husband Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer – specifically their request to reclaim her portraits by Klimt – made international headlines and were the subject of a famous 2015 film entitled “Woman in Gold.” Egg with stand 9” tall x 5” wideEgg without stand 6.5” tall Bought in Wein or Vienna, Austria Ships USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Large Box Perfect condition
Price: 99 USD
Location: Clarkston, Michigan
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Artist: Gustav Klimt
Type: Decorated Egg
Size: Large
Item Height: 9 in
Country/Region of Manufacture: Austria
Subject: Portrait
Item Width: 5 in
Handmade: Yes
