The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or "The Dream (The Bed)” — sold for $54.7 million.
The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage ...
A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7 million and made auction history at Sotheby's in New York.