Frida Kahlo painting auctioned for record $8 mln at Christie'sMay 14, 2016 - 16:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A painting by Frida Kahlo depicting two nude women sold Thursday in New York for a record $8 million, the highest price yet for any work by the iconic Mexican artist, Christie's said. The 1939 painting "Two Nudes in the Forest (The Earth Itself)" was estimated to be worth $8 to $12 million. Despite selling at the bottom of that range, it surpassed the previous auction record for Kahlo. In 2006, her painting "Roots" sold for $5.6 million during a Sotheby's auction in New York. Kahlo (1907-1954) was the first Latin-American artist to cross the million-dollar threshold when her painting "Diego y Yo" went for $1.4 million in 1990. Her personality, style and relatively small number of works have made her one of the most sought-after Latin American artists for decades. The price of sale Thursday, $8.005 million to be exact, is also a record for any Latin American artist at auction, Christie's said. The painting is slated to appear in the exposition "Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910-1950," which opens in October at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The same exposition is set to be shipped in 2017 to the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, where visitors will be able to view the painting. Thursday's sale was the last big event of spring auction week in New York. Among other notable sales were Claude Monet's "Pond with Water Lilies" (1919), which sold for $27.04 million and Amedeo Modigliani's "Young Woman with Rose (Margherita)" (1916), which went for $12.76 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2016 Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |