OPRAH Winfrey has been revealed as the buyer of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II from Christie’s in 2006 after reports emerged that she sold the painting last year for a $63m profit.
The new owner is thought to be an unidentified Chinese collector who purchased the 1912 oil on canvas in a private sale last summer for $150m.
Winfrey purchased the painting at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern art sale in New York in 2006 for $78.5m (then £43.4m) plus buyer’s premium.