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

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

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction.

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's "El sueño (La cama)" sold for $54.7 million, setting a new auction record for the artist and becoming the most ...

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

Kahlo's painting not only broke records for female artists but also for Latin American art, eclipsing her own auction record set by Diego and I, which sold for $34.9 million in 2021. The significance ...

Frida Kahlo made history this week as her haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama)” sold for US $54.7 million.