A Frida Kahlo self-portrait titled "El Sueno (La Cama)" sold at a Sotheby's New York auction for 54.7 million dollars, setting a new benchmark for any work by a woman artist and for Latin American art overall. The sale eclipsed Kahlo's own prior record of 34.9 million dollars, set by a different self-portrait in 2021.
Record no. MRB-2026-005696
Highest Price Paid for a Painting by a Female Artist
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