Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artists

A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7 million and made auction history at Sotheby's in New York.

Frida Kahlo painting sells for $55 million, a record for a female artist

Kahlo’s haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama),” had previously sold at Sotheby’s 45 years ago for $51,000.

Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $55 Million, Setting Her Auction Record

The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage ...

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $55m, sets auction record for a female artist

A surrealist painting from the 1940s by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m) - shattering the auction record for an ...

Women in Mexico City react to Frida Kahlo painting expected to shatter records at Sotheby’s

Women in Mexico City reacted to an upcoming auction that could set a new record for a Frida Kahlo painting as one of her ...

Frida Kahlo painting sells for record £41m

A Frida Kahlo painting has became the most expensive artwork by a woman after it was bought for £41.8 million.

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly €50 million, breaking auction record for female artists

In its catalogue note, Sotheby’s said the painting “offers a spectral meditation on the porous boundary between sleep and ...