Self-portrait of Frida Kahlo sells for more than $54 million, setting new record for female artists
Featuring Kahlo asleep in her bed, the piece, painted in 1940, surpassed the painting price of the previous record holder, Georgia O’Keeffe, whose painting sold for $44.4 million in 2014.
Auctioneer Oliver Barker, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, sells a Frida Kahlo self portrait for $34.9 Million USD during an art auction, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 16, 2021(photo credit: Julian Cassady/SOTHEBY'S/Handout via REUTERS)ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
