The sale at Sotheby's in New York also topped Kahlo's own auction record for a work by a Latin American artist.
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A Gustav Klimt painting officially became the most expensive modern artwork piece ever auctioned
A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt became the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction, fetching $236 ...
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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 ...
Vivian Warby A Gustav Klimt portrait made history this week when it sold for an astonishing $236.4 million (around R4 billion) at an auction in New York, becoming the most expensive modern artwork ...
A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said. The ...
The Huntington acquires the Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork, "The Sutler's Tent"; Robert Therrien at the Broad; and ...
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Barbra Streisand regrets selling rare Gustav Klimt painting
Barbra Streisand has revealed she "regrets" selling a rare Gustav Klimt painting. Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the ...
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Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale
Later in the evening, an 18-karat-gold toilet by Maurizio Cattelan — the provocative Italian artist known for taping a banana ...
"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...
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