"An arresting self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, featuring the artist slumbering beneath a tangle of vines in a carved canopy bed with a skeleton reclining above her, will be auctioned by Sotheby's on Thursday night in New York. The sale of the 1940 painting, called El sueno (La cama), is widely anticipated to set a record for the most expensive artwork made by a woman."
"Surrealist women artists are currently in vogue among collectors, and Kahlo is among a small handful of superstar artists with a seemingly bulletproof brand think Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Her mystique erupts in part from her psychologically complex self-portraits that focus on her disabilities, her politics, her heritage and her deep connection to the world shimmering around her."
El sueno (La cama), a 1940 self-portrait showing Kahlo slumbering beneath vines in a carved canopy bed with a skeleton above her, will be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York with an estimate of $40–$60 million. The final price could surpass Georgia O'Keeffe's $44.4 million record and exceed Kahlo's 2021 sale of Diego y yo for $34.9 million. Interest in Surrealist women artists has risen among collectors, and Kahlo commands a superstar market position alongside artists like Warhol and Basquiat. The sale occurs amid softened art sales, museum financial strain, and gallery closures, contributing to notable market buzz.
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