Frida Kahlo's painting sold in New York for a record $54.7 million

A painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo "Dream" was sold at Sotheby's in New York for $54.7 million. This was announced on November 21 by the MSN portal.

"Frida Kahlo became the most expensive artist at auction on Thursday: her sleeping self-portrait was sold at Sotheby's in New York for $54.7 million," the article says.

The painting depicts the artist herself sleeping in her four-poster bed against a blue sky. Vines twine around her, and a huge skeleton hovers over her head, wrapped in explosives and dried flowers. Her face is framed by long flowing hair and a characteristic fused eyebrow.

The reason why Kahlo's canvas was sold at such a high price is called the unusually large size for her paintings, she added."Газета.Ru ".

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On November 18, Austrian artist Gustav Klimt's painting "Portrait of Elizabeth Lederer" was sold at Sotheby's for $236.4 million, becoming the most expensive work of our time ever sold at auction. It is noted that the auction organizers initially assumed that the painting would be sold for no more than $ 150 million.

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