Frida Kahlo portrait could sell for $60 million and shatter records at Sotheby's

LONDON (AP) — A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo could set records when it is sold at auction in November. “El sueño (La cama)” has an estimated price of $40 to $60 million. It may surpass the highest price for a female artist's work, currently $44.4 million for Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.” The painting, created in 1940, depicts Kahlo in a four-poster bed with a skeleton lying atop it. Sotheby's expert Julian Dawes says it's a psychological self-portrait by an artist at her peak. It’s part of a Nov. 8 sale featuring over 100 surrealist works. Interest in surrealism is rising, with the genre’s market share increasing significantly in recent years.

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