Diego and I

Diego and I
Artist	Frida Kahlo
Year	1949
Medium	Oil on canvas
Movement	Naïve art Surrealism
Dimensions	30 cm× 22.4 cm(12 in× 8.8 in)
Location	Private collection

Diego and I (Spanish: Diego y yo) is an oil on canvas painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, from 1949. ^[1]

In November 2021, it sold at auction in Sotheby's New York for US$34.9 million, a record for a Kahlo work, and for a work by a Latin American artist. ^[2] It shattered the record previously held by the painting The Rivals (1931) ^[3] by her husband Diego Rivera (1886-1957) who appears on her forehead in this work. ^[4]

It is the last fully realized "bust" self-portrait Kahlo completed before her death in 1954. ^{[5] [6]}

The purchaser was Eduardo Costantini, the founder of MALBA, the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires, who bought it for his private collection. ^[2] The painting had previously sold at Sotheby's in 1990 for $1.4 million. ^[2]

See also

• List of paintings by Frida Kahlo

References

1. Sotheby's
2. "Frida Kahlo self-portrait sold for record $34.9m at auction". The Guardian. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
3. "Diego Rivera. The Rivals. 1931 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
4. Chappell, Bill (November 17, 2021). "Frida Kahlo just shattered an auction record, ousting her husband". NPR.
5. Hahn, Jason Duaine (17 November 2021). "Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sells for $34.9M, Beats Record Held by Husband: 'Ultimate Revenge'". People.
6. McDougall, A. J. (November 17, 2021). "Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sells for $34.9M, Shattering Husband's Record". The Daily Beast.