Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $55m, sets auction record for a female artist
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A surrealist painting from the 1940s by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m) - shattering the auction record for an artwork by a female artist. The painting went for more than 1,000 times its original auction price in 1980, after a tense bidding battle between two collectors, according to the Sotheby's auction house.The auction also broke the previous record for the highest amount paid for a Kahlo portrait,…
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