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Law Practice

Jun. 21, 2006

Irell Lawyer Negotiated Sale of Klimt's 'Adele Bloch-Bauer I'

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer from Los Angeles negotiated the sale of the gold-encrusted Gustav Klimt masterpiece that sold for the highest price ever paid for a painting.

By Peter Zuckerman
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      LOS ANGELES - A lawyer from Los Angeles negotiated the sale of the gold-encrusted Gustav Klimt masterpiece that sold for the highest price ever paid for a painting.
      Steve Thomas of Irell & Manella in Los Angeles said Monday that the owners of the "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" portrait, who he represented, could have sold it fo...

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