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A gold-encrusted portrait by Gustav Klimt, one of the world s most recognizable paintings and at the heart of a battle over Nazi-looted art, has been purchased for a record price by a New York museum, an attorney said.The New York Times, citing experts familiar with the negotiations, reported the portrait sold for $135 million.The 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was sold by her
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