NEW YORK - One of artist Frida Kahlo’s final self-portraits sold for a record $34.9 million on Tuesday — the highest known price ever paid for a piece of Latin American art.The 1949 self-portrait, titled "Diego y yo" (Diego and I), was sold Tuesday evening for the record price at Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York City.
The portrait last sold at an auction in 1990 for $1.4 million, the company said.The painting was purchased by the Eduardo F.
Costantini Collection, according to Sotheby’s. Constantini, an Argentine real estate developer and businessman, is a renowned collector committed to supporting Latin American art and artists.