The piece is called “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II” and is from 1912. The subject was the wife of a prominent Jewish industrialist and art patron in Vienna.
All the money will go to Christians suffering in the middle east of course.
$81 million capital gain.....nice bit of taxes we get from her.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/arts/design/art-proves-attractive-refuge-for-money-launderers.html
Valuable as Art, but Priceless as a Tool to Launder Money
Trendy Man: “Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt.”
Thornton Melon: “You, too, huh? She’s shown it to everybody.”
She can eat more “BREAD”
She can eat more “PIZZA”
Since she loves them.
Is the “Woman in Gold” the one that the movie was made about where the niece of the lady finally recovered the painting from Austria where it was stolen during WWII?
Wouldn’t be the first time Oprah put her Klimt for sale.
To be fair she only made a piddling $81 million. Nice investment there Harpo.
Remember when her Selma movie was coming out Oprah was trying to promote her “victim-cred” by claiming she was discriminated against... by a shop girl at a leather shop in Zurich who “wouldn’t show her a $40,000 leather handbag”?
The piece is called “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II” and is from 1912. The subject was the wife of a prominent Jewish industrialist and art patron in Vienna.
Crap, I buy artwork I can’t even give it away.
Hmmm.. wonder whose campaign nest she’s looking to feather.....
You know they are getting desperate when they start selling the artwork.
Is this why she needs a 60 Minutes gig on TV?? Low on cash?
Frankly, she never left, maybe her networks are dogs like her agenda
Smart or lucky choice of investments. Faulting a person for taking advantage of such an opportunity doesn’t make sense. She took the risk and reaped the profit; it could just as well have gone down in value.
The value of the painting is determined by the market, not by Oprah. Klimt is a wonderful artist. This is the painting she sold:
And here are two other of his famous paintings, Judith I (first) and The Kiss (second):
It's impossible to show how magnificent these last two Art Nouveau paintings are on computer, since they are done with actual gold leaf. To see them glowing with real gold in a museum is an amazing experience.
a painting....
Had to pay the bill foe Michelle staying a week last year.