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OT: A self-portrait of the Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo sold for $34.9 million...

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A self-portrait by the famed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sold in New York on Tuesday night for $34.9 million

The painting, which was completed in 1949, is one of Kahlo's famed self-portraits that the auction house described as a reflection on Kahlo's tumultuous relationship with her husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, whose face is depicted in the center of her forehead.

Kahlo's roots can be traced back to the Fatherland 🇩🇪, Frida was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico to a German father who influenced her as an artist.