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Frida Kahlo's $54.7M Sale Sparks Theft Concerns

11/21/2025

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Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, had her self-portrait "El sueño (La cama)" sell for $54.7 million at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a record for a female artist.
The sale surpassed American artist Georgia O’Keeffe's "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," which sold for $44.4 million in 2014.
Amid the sale, concerns emerged about missing artworks at Casa Azul, Kahlo's museum, with allegations of theft and a lack of government investigation.

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Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, had her self-portrait "El sueño (La cama)" sell for $54.7 million at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a record for a female artist.
The sale surpassed American artist Georgia O’Keeffe's "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," which sold for $44.4 million in 2014.
Amid the sale, concerns emerged about missing artworks at Casa Azul, Kahlo's museum, with allegations of theft and a lack of government investigation.