Speaking of Klimt…

The Neue Galerie has just come out with a 96-page book, “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,” in which authors Sophie Lillie and Georg Gaugusch “trace [the] story of ‘Modern Mona Lisa'” (as described in the press release). The book’s cost: $30. Will the proceeds help defray the painting’s purchase?
Now if only the Neue Galerie would also publish, as repeatedly promised, the Nazi-era history of the works in its collection. Still nothing posted on the “Provenance” page (found under “General Information”) of its website .
And speaking of Klimt costs, did anyone notice that in her year-end roundup of “memorable moments” last Sunday, NY Times critic Roberta Smith said unequivocally that “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” was “bought for $134 million”? Does she know more than the other scribes who have said that the cost was “reportedly about $135 million”?