Undated handout file photo issued by Sotheby's of Dame Mit Facher (Lady With A Fan), the last portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, which has sold for £85.3 million (108.4 million dollars) at an London auction. Sotheby's said the sale of is a new record for Klimt and has become the most valuable work of art ever sold at auction in Europe. Issue date: Tuesday June 27, 2023.

Sotheby’s said the sale of Lady With A Fan (Dame Mit Facher) in New Bond Street is a new record.

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The painting was once considered obscene when it was first unveiled in Paris.

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