A large painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was auctioned in New York on Thursday for more than $50 million. Self-portrait That’s good (The Dream) from 1940 achieved a record amount of 54.6 million dollars, as announced by the auction house Sotheby’s. This makes it the most expensive work by a female artist ever. The auction house initially did not provide any information about the buyer.
The work shows the artist sleeping on a bed that seems to be floating in the sky. On top of it is a large skeleton with legs wrapped in dynamite. This painting is by Frida Kahlo is a “very personal” picture in which “he combines folklore motifs from Mexican culture with European surrealism,” said Anna Di Stasi of Sotheby’s Latin American art department.
The most expensive painting by a female artist to date is valued at $44 million
The previous high price of $44.4 million was achieved for an oil painting at an auction in New York in 2014 Jimson Weed/White Flower No.1 by US painter Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most famous US painters of the 20th century.
Mexican Frida Kahlo, known for her extravagant style, is one of Latin America’s most important artists. In many of his photographs, including many self-portraits, he processed personal experiences.
The painting is one of Kahlo’s most famous self-portraits Diego you (Diego and I) from 1949. Self-portrait shows the face of her husband Diego Rivera on the artist’s forehead. It was auctioned for $34.9 million at Sotheby’s auction in New York in 2021.
A few days ago, at an auction also held by Sotheby’s, a work by the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt was sold for $236.4 million. The painting Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer This makes it the second most expensive work in art history. Since 2017, the most expensive work of art ever auctioned is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci Mundi Saviorwhich sold at auction in New York for $450.3 million.
