History of Kahlo Painting Sales

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Tree of Hope,
Remain Strong
(1946)

 

April 1977 - Auctioned at Sotheby's with an estimated selling price of $20,000 - $30,000 and a minimum sale price of $20,000. The painting failed to reach the minimum sale price but was sold anyway to the highest bidder.

Sold For:
$19,000




Self Portrait
with Monkey
(1940)

 

1979 - Auctioned at Sotheby's


Late 1980s - Sold Privately to the
pop star "Madonna".

Sold For:
$44,000

 

Sold For:
$1,000,000





Portrait of Cristina,
My Sister
(1928)

 

1988 - Auctioned at Sotheby's

 

2001 - Auctioned at Sotheby's

Sold For:
$198,000

 

Sold For:
$1,655,750





Diego and I
(1949)

 
May 1990 - Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York. This sale made Frida the first Latin-American artist to command more than $1 million for a single work.

Sold For:
$1,430,000





Self-Portrait with
Loose Hair
(1947)

 

1982 - Sold by Mary-Anne Martin Gallery in Manhattan, NYC, to Louise Noun


May 1991 - Auctioned at Christie's, New York for Louise Noun

Sold For:
$85,000




Sold For:

$1,650,000





Two Nudes in
the Forest
(1939)

 

1989 - This painting was auctioned by Sotheby's with an estimated selling bid of $120,000 - $160,000. It sold for $506,000 to Mary Anne Martin, the owner of a New York Art Gallery that specialized in Latin American Art. The pop star "Madonna", who at the time was buying and collecting Kahlo art, was the underbidder.

Sold For:
$506,000




Memory
(1937)

 
May 1992 - Auctioned at Christie's, New York

Sold For:
$935,000





Self-Portrait with Monkey
and Parrot
(1942)

 

May 1995 - Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York

Sold For:
$3,192,500





Four Inhabitants
of Mexico
(1938)

 

May 1996 - Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York

Sold For:
$882,500





Self Portrait
Time Flies
(1929)

 


May 2000 - Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York and sold
to an American collector.

Sold For:
$5,065,750





Self-Portrait
(Oval Miniture)
(1938)

 

Nov 2000 - Auctioned at Sotheby's

Sold For:
$225,750





Still Life with
Parrot and Flag
(1951)

  May 2001 -This painting was auctioned with an estimated selling price of $800,000 to $1,200,000. It failed to sell and was passed at $500,000.

Not Sold





View of
Central Park
(1931)

 

May 2003 - Auctioned at Christie's New York

Sold For:
$83,650





Self Portrait with
Curly Hair
(1935)

 

Nov 2003 - Auctioned at Christie's New York. The price included a second work, a sketch for a
second portrait etched on the back.

Sold For:
$1,351,500





Portrait of
Lucha Maria,
a Girl from Tehuacan
(1942)

 

Dec 2003 - This painting was up for auction on eBay with a starting bid of $3,000,000. The auction closed with no bids.

Nov 2004 - This painting was up for auction by Sotheby's. It failed to sell and was passed at $775,000.

 

 


Not Sold

 

 

 

Not Sold

 





Roots
(1943)

 

May 2006 - This painting was auctioned at Sotheby's in New York setting a new record for the artist. It was sold to an anonymous phone bidder. Rumors within the art world say that the anonymous buyer was the pop star "Madonna".

Sold For:
$5,616,000





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