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Frida Kahlo self-portrait tipped to set world record at auction
Feb 3, 2006, 16:55 GMT
London - A rare full-length self-portrait of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, currently on display in London, is tipped to set a world record for the artist at an auction, the Independent newspaper reported Friday.
The 1943 painting, 'Roots,' in which long roots extend from the breast of Kahlo who paints herself lying on her side, has an estimated value of up to 4 million pounds (7 million dollars).
It is currently on display in London at Sotheby's but will be sold by the auction house in New York on 24 May, where it is predicted to break the previous record prize for a Kahlo.
In May 2000, a self-portrait dating from 1929 sold for more than 2.8 million pounds, making it the most expensive work of Latin American art ever sold at auction.
'Roots,' which was painted after Kahlo remarried Diego Riviera, has been in a private collection in North America for more than 20 years, and has not appeared on the public market before.
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