GUSTAV KLIMT, BAUERNGARTEN (BLUMENGARTEN), 1907

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FIG. 5, GUSTAV KLIMT, BAUERNGARTEN (BLUMENGARTEN), 1907, OIL ON CANVAS, SOLD: SOTHEBY’S, LONDON, MARCH 2017, SOLD FOR: £47.9 MILLION.

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