“Lady with a fan” was sold on Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in London: it is the second most expensive portrait ever as well as the highest price ever reached in a European auction.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The evening was one of those that promised great scene failures, that of Tuesday in London’s Bond Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, the Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction\u00a0at the Sotheby’s headquarters presents a lot with masterpieces by artists such as Lucian Freud, Cy Twombly, Magritte, Giacometti and, precisely, Klimt, with the flagship piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The work had been found in the easel of the artist’s studio, just completed before his death from the Spanish flu in 1918 in Vienna. The subject is unknown to date, but the study of color and the composition of the painting testify to all the greatness of one of the most influential artists of the early twentieth century at the peak of his research. The work has reappeared on the market after more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“LADY WITH A FUN”, <\/strong>A TOUCHING STORY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n