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Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sells for $5.6 Million, a Record
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Frida Kahlo “Roots” sold for US$5.6 million dollars at Sotheby's
NEW YORK.- The sale of Frida Kahlo磗 self-portrait, “Roots” sold for US$5.6 million dollars at an auction held by Sotheby磗. This sets a record for the most expensive Latin American painting sold at an auction. The buyer磗 identity was not revealed but it is known that his bid was placed by telephone.
The painting measures 30 x 50 centimeters and shows the Mexican artist lying amid a sterile and rocky landscape. Roots come out of her torso and go down into the ground through which blood flows as a symbol of life..
Kahlo finished this painting in 1943, after marrying Mexican muralist Diego Rivera for a second time and symbolizes their reunion as a couple after years of separation and suffering.
“While Sotheby's didn't disclose the name of the seller, she is Marilyn Oshman, a Houston-based collector who recently told the Houston Chronicle that she had decided to sell. Oshman, whose fortune came from the Oshman's Sporting Goods chain, owned the painting since 1982,” reported Bloomberg.
The painting had been shown at several Frida Kahlo exhibits around the world. The previous Latin American record was also held by Kahlo, when in 2000, a self-portrait sold for 5 million dollars. Also at the auction a painting made by Diego Rivera, sold for US$ 2.7 million, another one painted by Rufino Tamayo went for $2.35 million and a Jos Mar韆 Velasco, for 2 million.
The list of the highest prices ever paid for Latin American art stand now as follows:
1. Frida Kahlo “Roots” Self-Portrait (1943) $5.6 million dollars on May 2006
2. Diego Rivera "Flower Seller" (1942) $2.97 million on November 1991
3. Rufino Tamayo "Children Playing with Fire" (1947) $2,202,500 dollars in May 1994
4. Fernando Botero "The Musicians" $2 million dollars in May 2006
5. Tarsila do Amaral "Abaporu" $1,300,000 dollars in November 1995
6. Rufino Tamayo "Watermelons" $1,215,750 dollars in November 2000
7. Emilio Pettoruti " Mulher deitada com Peixes e Frutas" (1956) $886,000 dollars in November 2000 reported El Universal.com.mx .from Mexico City: http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/fotogaleria/wfg.html?gal=2191
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