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Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
Identifier
007672
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
This painting, which took three years to complete, was commissioned by the wealthy industrialist Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, who made his money in the sugar industry.
Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer favored the arts, especially Klimt, and commissioned him to complete another portrait of his wife Adele in 1912. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only person to be painted twice by Klimt.
The painting has become famous for its subsequent history. Upon her death, Adele Bloch-Bauer wished the painting to be given to the Austrian State Gallery, but it was seized by advancing German forces in World War II. In 1945, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer designated the paintings to be the property of his nephew and nieces, including Maria Altmann.
Nonetheless, the Austrian government retained ownership of the painting, and it was not returned to the Altmann family until 2006 after a long court battle. The painting was then sold at auction for $135 million dollars, which at that time was the highest price paid at auction for a painting. It is now displayed at the Neue Art Gallery in New York.
A description of the experience

The source of the experience
Klimt, GustavConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
LOVELove with visualisation
Making love
Reducing threats
Sex magick
Squash the big I am