<P> When Altmann was asked what she wanted to do with the paintings , she stated `` I would not want any private person to buy these paintings , ... It is very meaningful to me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them , because that would have been the wish of my aunt . '' In June 2006 the Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million , at the time a record price for a painting . Eileen Kinsella , the editor of ARTnews , considered the high price was due to several factors , particularly the painting 's provenance , the increasing demand for Austrian Expressionism , rising prices in the art world and `` Lauder 's passion for and pursuit of this particular work '' . Lauder placed the work in the Neue Galerie , the New York - based gallery he co-founded . The painting has been on display at the location since . </P>
<P> When Altmann was asked what she wanted to do with the paintings , she stated `` I would not want any private person to buy these paintings , ... It is very meaningful to me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them , because that would have been the wish of my aunt . '' In June 2006 the Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million , at the time a record price for a painting . Eileen Kinsella , the editor of ARTnews , considered the high price was due to several factors , particularly the painting 's provenance , the increasing demand for Austrian Expressionism , rising prices in the art world and `` Lauder 's passion for and pursuit of this particular work '' . Lauder placed the work in the Neue Galerie , the New York - based gallery he co-founded . The painting has been on display at the location since . </P>
where to see the woman in gold painting
where to see the woman in gold painting
Neue Galerie , the New York - based gallery
Neue Galerie , the New York - based gallery