Frida Kahlo self-portrait destroys auction record for work by female artist with $54.7 million Sotheby’s sale

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 bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or…

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