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Self-portrait by Frida Kahlo sold for record price for a female artist

Sotheby's managed to sell the work for $54.6 million

Nov 21, 2025 09:03 208

A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo was sold at Sotheby's in New York on November 20 for a record price for a work by a female artist of $54.6 million, AFP reported.

According to the agency, the work, titled “Sleep (Bed)“, created in 1940, broke the record set by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe's painting was sold for $44.4 million in 2014.

According to preliminary estimates in September, Kahlo's self-portrait was estimated at $40-60 million.