Cloth young Schiele brings 9.6 million

A painting by Egon Schiele Tuesday converted at auction by Christie's in London raised 9.

The sale of impressionist and modern art was the first major auction by Christie's in 2016, the year the auction 250th anniversary. The company announced on Monday that sales in 2015 fell 5 percent after five years of growth.

Died young Egon Schiele (1890-1918), incidentally was an expressionist. He was a protégé of the great Gustav Klimt (1862-1918).