OUR EXPERTS

Ann Dumas Ann Dumas is a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Helena Newman Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and co-head of Impressionist & Modern Art Worldwide

Simon Stock Stock is Sotheby’s senior international specialist of Impressionist & Modern Art

Alfred Weidinger A curator and Klimt expert who has edited and written books on the artist

TOP Sotheby’s Helena Newman, wearing purple to complement the owers in Gustav Klimt’s

Bauerngarten, brings down the hammer on an unpredictably high bid of £ 48m