A Frida Kahlo painting has became the most expensive artwork by a woman after it was bought for £41.8 million.

"The Dream (The Bed)," a self-portrait created in 1940, sold for $54.7 million. The previous record holder, Georgia ...

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

The 1940 painting, showing Kahlo asleep in a bed floating among clouds, sold for $54.7 million (€47 million), surpassing the ...

The painting of Kahlo asleep in bed surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 which sold ...

Artist Frida Kahlo painted 143 pieces before her death. (Photo: Getty) Mexican artist Frida Kahlo left a vast legacy of artwork after her untimely death at age 47 in 1954, but perhaps what defined her ...

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

The Dream (The Bed)” by the Mexican icon surpassed a $44.4 million Georgia O’Keeffe flower that held the top honor for 11 ...

The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or "The Dream (The Bed)” — sold for $54.7 million.

Frida Kahlo’s 1940 self-portrait, El Sueño (La Cama), or The Dream (The Bed), has sold for US$54.7 million (£41.4m) at ...

Frida Kahlo made history this week as her haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama)” sold for US $54.7 million.

A poignant self-portrait from 1940 by Mexican visual artist Frida Kahlo was sold for $54.7 million, making it the most expensive work by a female artist ever sold at auction.