"What's more, to cap it all, a Sotheby's auction in New York today is almost certain to make Kahlo a record-breaker. Her 1940 painting The Dream (The Bed) is forecast to fetch between $40-$60m, which would dwarf the previous record for a female artist, set in 2014 by Georgia O'Keeffe's Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1, which sold for $44.4m."
"Concluding her own independent five-year investigation after leaving the museum, Trujillo Soto alleged the disappearance of two oil paintings and eight drawings between the museum's 1957 and 2011 inventories, as well as at least six pages extracted from Kahlo's illustrated diary. Summing up these crimes against the property of the nation, Trujillo Soto declared: As a Mexican society, we are owed an explanation."
A wave of new exhibitions and a high-profile Sotheby's auction have intensified global demand and prices for Frida Kahlo's work. Kahlo's 1940 painting The Dream (The Bed) is forecast to sell for $40–$60m, potentially setting a new record for a female artist. An independent five-year investigation by a former Casa Azul director alleges the disappearance of two oil paintings and eight drawings from the museum's 1957–2011 inventories, along with at least six pages removed from Kahlo's illustrated diary. One allegedly missing painting sold at auction in 2020 for $2.66m, and another was listed with provenance as a private Dallas collection; the gallery did not respond to inquiries.
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