“Self-Portrait, which Frida Kahlo did in 1933 and didn’t like. His work, which he named “So ugly” (Autorretrato. Muy feo) and then thrown away, was put up for sale by an unnamed person at an auction held at Christie’s auction house in New York on Thursday.
SOLD AT AUCTION SECRETLY
An estimated price of between 7 and 10 million dollars was determined before the sale for Frida’s self-portrait, which she made using the rarely used fresco technique and measuring 22.2 by 27.3 centimeters, and the work was sold for 8.63 million dollars.
It is reported that a friend named Lucienne Bloch found the piece, which Frida threw in the trash, during a visit and secretly bought it and sold it at auction.
Last year, Frida Kahlo’s work called “Diego and me” had a buyer for 34.9 million dollars. The work became the artist’s highest-selling painting to date. (UAV)