A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m and made auction history at Sotheby’s in New York.
A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m and made auction history at Sotheby’s in New York.
By Lyndal Rowlands and The Associated Press
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A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m, making it the most expensive work by a female artist to sell at auction.
The sale of the painting by the legendary Mexican artist set a new record for the price of a painting by a woman.
The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White…
Frida Kahlo's self-portrait "El sueno" sells for $54.7 million, setting a record for female artists at auction.
The sale also topped Kahlo's own auction record for a work by a Latin American artist. Her paintings are reported to have sold…
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Un autoritratto del 1940 della famosa artista messicana Frida Kahlo è stato venduto per 54,7 milioni di dollari ad un'asta d'arte…
Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, shatters auction record for female artists
