Frida Kahlo portrait could sell for $60 million and shatter records at Sotheby’s
Frida Kahlo's 1940 surrealist self-portrait 'El sueño (La cama)' could break records as the highest-priced work by a female artist at $40M-$60M, Sotheby's said.
- A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, estimated to sell for $40 million to $60 million, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s.
- The painting titled 'El sueño ' aims to surpass the current auction record for a female artist.
- Julian Dawes stated that Kahlo's work is important as it exists outside of Mexico and not in a museum collection.
- The painting will tour London, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and Paris before its sale in New York.
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait could sell for a record-breaking $60 million
Frida Kahlo’s face is one of the best known in art, thanks to her bold and challenging self-portraits. A lesser-seen self-depiction by the Mexican artist is going up for auction at Sotheby’s in what could be a record-setting sale.
The face of Frida Kahlo is one of the best known in art, thanks to her bold and challenging self-portraits. One of these versions of the Mexican artist will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in what could be a record sale. With an estimated price of between $40 million and $60 million, “The Dream (The Bed)” could exceed the highest price for a work by any female artist when it goes to auction on November 8. That record is currently $44.4 million, paid a…
Frida Kahlo Painting Estimated at $40 M.–$60 M. Could Shatter Women Artist Record at Sotheby’s
On Friday, Sotheby’s announced that it had secured a blockbuster consignment of Surrealist works, led by Frida Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama). Carrying an estimate of $40 million to $60 million, it is all but certain not only to break Kahlo’s auction record but also that of women artists more generally. The top price paid for a Kahlo at auction was set at Sotheby’s New York in 2021, when her 1949 work Diego y yo sold for $34.9 million; the result …
“The dream (The bed)” could reach a figure close to 60 million dollars and thus become the most expensive work of a woman in history
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