Frida Kahlo's self portrait sells for nearly $35 million, the most ever for a Latin American artist
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One of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's final self-portraits sold for nearly $35 million on Tuesday, Sotheby's said, setting a new record for Latin American artwork.
"Diego y yo" depicts Kahlo and her husband and artist Diego Rivera — the last "great" self-portrait before her death in 1954, the New York-based auction house said. It was acquired for $34.9 million by Eduardo F. Constantini, an Argentina-based collector and founder of the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires, Sotheby's said.
"Frida Kahlo's status as a global cultural icon is indisputable, and tonight's outstanding result further secures her place in the auction echelon she belongs, as one of the true titans of 20th century art," Sotheby's senior vice president Julian Dawes said after the painting sold Tuesday.
