A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7 million and made auction history at Sotheby’s in New York.
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$54.7M US sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait shatters auction record for female artists
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million US ($77 million Cdn) at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist.
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