Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900–1918

Through a dozen paintings, 40 drawings, pieces of decorative art and vintage photos, this exhibit explores the artist's portaits of women in Vienna. A prime focus will be on two works—Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912)—displayed side by side for the first time in 10 years. Also shown will be a handful of Klimt’s most important society portraits: Portrait of Szerena Lederer (1899), the subject of which accucmulated the most important Klimt collection of her era; Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914-16), daughter of Szerena Lederer; and the unfinished Portrait of Ria Munk III (1917).