Christie’s Offers Eight Schiele Drawings to Finance a Gustav Klimt

January 17th, 2008


Schiele Drawing via Luxist

Christie’s International is going to offer eight Egon Schiele drawings in London on February 4th. The works are estimated to fetch atleast $14.9 million. The purpose of the sale is to finance the $135 million purchase of Gustav Klimt’s “Adele Bloch-Bauer I”.

Christie’s to Sell Eight Schiele Drawings [Bloomberg]
Eight Major Schiele Works offered in February [Art Knowledge News]