Modern Evening Sale at Sotheby's, New York

BGUK_2249260 - Modern Evening Sale: , 16th November Lot photographed: Frida Kahlo 'Diego y yo' Est val £30,000,000 - £50,000,000 Self portrait of the artist. Diego y yo comes from a private New York collection, which acquired the work around 1995, and has passed down from there. The so-called “bust” self-portraits form an important part of the Kahlo canon with the most famous examples dating from the 1940s. Eleven bust self-portraits remain in private hands outside Mexico including the work consigned to sale. The work may also be considered a double portrait as a small image of Diego Rivera, Kahlo’s lover, can be seen on her forehead. The painting was made in the wake of Rivera’s affair with María Félix, a friend of Kahlo’s; the dishevelled hair and crystalline tears reflect her subsequent devastation. The painting is on view at Sotheby's London until 25 October.