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Frida Kahlo's "El sueño" Sells for Record $54.7 Million

11/23/2025

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Frida Kahlo's 1940 painting "El sueño (La cama)" sold for $54.7 million at Sotheby's in New York, a record for a female artist.
The sale surpassed Georgia O’Keeffe's "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," which sold for $44.4 million in 2014.
The painting shows Kahlo asleep with a skeleton above her.
Exhibition requests come from major cities including New York and London.
The buyer's identity remains undisclosed.

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Frida Kahlo's 1940 painting "El sueño (La cama)" sold for $54.7 million at Sotheby's in New York, a record for a female artist.
The sale surpassed Georgia O’Keeffe's "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," which sold for $44.4 million in 2014.
The painting shows Kahlo asleep with a skeleton above her.
Exhibition requests come from major cities including New York and London.
The buyer's identity remains undisclosed.