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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, setting new record for female artists | News Channel 3-12

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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction

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  1. Frida Kahlo self-portrait poised to shatter auction records

    Headline from KOB 4 ·

  2. Newest

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, setting new record for female artists | News Channel 3-12

    Headline from KEYT Santa Barbara ·

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  1. KOB 4

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait poised to shatter auction records (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, titled “El sueño (La cama),” could make auction history Thursday at Sotheby’s in New York. With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, it may surpass the record for a female artist's work, currently held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed/White Flower …

  2. New York Post

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait set to shatter auction records at Sotherby’s (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of her asleep in a bed could make history Thursday when it goes on sale by Sotheby’s in New York.

  3. The Guardian

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 2014

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, setting new record for female artists | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction

  5. NBC Los Angeles

    $54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait shatters auction record for female artists (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of work has been declared an artistic...

  6. KVIA El Paso

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, setting new record for female artists (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction after selling for $54.7 million. “El sueño (La cama)” – “The Dream (The Bed)” – grabbed the title at Sotheby’s in New York, after it surpassed the existin…

  7. Digital Journal

    Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $54.6 mn, record for woman artist (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new record for the price of a painting

  8. Al Jazeera

    Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7m, breaking record for female artists (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m and made auction history at Sotheby’s in New York.

  9. CBS News

    Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artists (opens CBS News)

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    A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7 million and made auction history at Sotheby's in New York.

  10. Digital Journal

    Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by

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