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Until now, the record was held by the American Georgia O\u2019Keeffe<\/strong><\/a>, who died in 1986. Her 1932 painting, Jimson Weed\/White Flower No. 1,<\/em> depicting a white bindweed flower, was bought for $44.4 million in 2014. The work had adorned prestigious walls, including that of the White House Private Dining Room, throughout George W. Bush<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s term in office.<\/p>\n Kahlo, who died in 1954 at the age of 47, currently holds the record for second most expensive work created by a woman with her painting Diego y yo (Diego and I)<\/em>, which found a buyer in November 2021 for $34.9 million. This is her last self-portrait, signed in the 1940s, depicting her with her husband Diego Rivera<\/a>.<\/p>\n El Sue\u00f1o (La cama)<\/em>, an oil on canvas, measuring 74 cm by 98 cm, is a \u201crare and striking example\u201d of Kahlo\u2019s \u201cmost surrealist impulses,\u201d says Sotheby\u2019s<\/a>. The body and skeleton reflect the duality between life and death, consciousness and unconsciousness, a recurring theme for the artist. Tormented by death, which she dreaded encountering in her sleep, she herself kept a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 skeleton above her bed, reports The<\/em> Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The painting, from a private collection, will be offered for purchase alongside 23 other works. These include four paintings by Belgian painter Ren\u00e9 Magritte, including La Repr\u00e9sentation<\/em> and La R\u00e9v\u00e9lation du pr\u00e9sent<\/em>, Composition<\/em> by Paul Delvaux and two paintings by Salvador Dal\u00ed, Symbiose de la t\u00eate aux coquillages<\/em> and La Ville<\/em>.<\/p>\n Originally published in Vanity Fair France<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n