Frida Kahlo painted The Dream (La cama) in 1940, and if it fetched more than $44.4 million at auction, it would break all records.
Public DomainFrida Kahlo circa 1932.
The accident and the resulting injuries left Kahlo bedridden for many years. She often painted from her bed, and her works, such as “Broken Column” and “Henry Ford Hospital,” were filled with medical imagery.
“The Dream” (La cama) is expected to sell for at least $40 million, and possibly as much as $60 million. If so, it would break the record for the most expensive work of art by a woman sold at auction.
The record is currently held by Georgia O'Keeffe's Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, which sold for $44.4 million in 2014.
Was Kahlo a surrealist?
“El sueño” (“Kama”), while an interesting example of Frida Kahlo's use of symbolism, is not simply an allegory. Kahlo actually slept with a papier-mâché skeleton on her bed.
“Her greatest work comes from this period between the late 1930s and early 1940s,” Dawes explained. “She experienced a lot of hardship in her relationship with Diego, in her personal life, and in her health, but at the same time, she was truly at the peak of her powers.”
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