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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, setting new record for female artists

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction after selling for $54.7 million. “El sueño (La cama)” – “The Dream (The Bed)” – ...
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Rare Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks record for female artists after selling for £41.8m

A 1940 self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m) in New York, making it the most valuable work by a female artist ever auctioned. Titled El sueño (La cama) or The Dream ...
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$54.7 million sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists

A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a ...
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Frida Kahlo Painting Sells For $54.7 Million, the Most Ever for a Female Artist at Auction

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo became the most expensive female artist at auction on Thursday when Sotheby’s in New York sold her sleeping self-portrait for $54.7 million. The 1940 canvas, “The Dream ...
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Why we pay less for art made by women

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is expected to break records when it goes up for auction in New York this week. The surrealist painting, being sold on November 20 by a private collector, ...
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$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists

A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a ...