Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a famous gilded Art Nouveau painting by Gustav Klimt, renowned for its opulent decorative style and status as an icon of Viennese modernism.

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Label Occurrences
Klimt's Golden Phase 2
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Art Nouveau artwork
oil painting
painting
alsoKnownAs Woman in Gold
surface form: The Lady in Gold

Woman in Gold
surface form: The Woman in Gold
artMovement Art Nouveau
Vienna Secession
backgroundColor gold
cityOfOrigin Vienna
collection Neue Galerie New York
commissionedBy Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer
completionDate 1907
countryOfOrigin Austria
creator Gustav Klimt
culturalSignificance icon of Viennese modernism
symbol of Nazi-looted art restitution
depictionType full-length seated portrait
depicts Adele Bloch-Bauer
exhibitionType permanent display
genre portrait painting
influencedBy Byzantine art
mosaics of Ravenna
languageOfTitle German
legalCase Republic of Austria v. Altmann
locatedIn New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Neue Galerie New York
medium gold leaf
oil paint
movement Austrian modernism
surface form: Viennese modernism
museumDepartment German and Austrian art
notableFeature extensive use of gold leaf
highly decorative background
stylized patterns inspired by Byzantine mosaics
originalTitle Adele Bloch-Bauer
surface form: Adele Bloch-Bauer I
periodInArtistCareer Golden Phase of Gustav Klimt
previousOwner Bloch-Bauer family
Austria
surface form: Republic of Austria
purchasedBy Ronald S. Lauder
surface form: Ronald Lauder
purchasePrice 135000000 USD
record one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at time of sale
restitutionTo Maria Altmann
startTime 1903
style gilded
ornamental
subjectOccupation Viennese socialite
subjectRelationshipToCommissioner wife
title Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I self-link
yearAcquiredByCurrentCollection 2006

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gustav Klimt notableWork Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt partOf Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
subject surface form: The Kiss (Gustav Klimt)
this entity surface form: Klimt's Golden Phase
Judith by Gustav Klimt partOf Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
this entity surface form: Klimt's Golden Phase
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I title Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I self-link