Recently found a portrait of Frida Kahlo sold for $1.8 million
ARTinvestment.RU   24 ноября 2016

Portrait "Girl with necklace" written by Frida at age 22, was thought to be lost and was known only by black-белой photos

the location of the paintings Niña con collar (which is how it's called in the original) remained unknown more than half a century. And just this summer the work of 1929, decided to put up for auction at Sotheby's with her 90-летняя the owner residing in Sunnyvale, California. When-то she lived in Mexico and worked as an assistant Frida. After the death of the artist in 1954 portrait "Girl with necklace" gave her husband of Frida, the artist Diego Rivera. Then she moved to California and took the portrait with him. The last 60 years he graced her darkened bedroom and away from bright sunlight perfectly preserved. According to the head of the Department of Latin American art Sotheby's Alex Stein, and he was amazed at how warm and bright the work of — as if it were "written yesterday". The only known photograph of this work, published in the catalogue of 1988, was black-белой.

the portrait depicts a girl of about fourteen, and many experts tend to believe that that Frida has painted himself at a young age. This early works is a sign of self-portraits, Frida later glorified: frontal image of the model, the direct look, bright eyebrows. Besides, the little girl is wearing a jade necklace and earrings-кольца — same decoration appears on the wedding-portrait of Frida with her husband in 1931.

At the auction of modern and contemporary Latin American art auction house Sotheby's, which took place on 22 November in new-Йорке, portrait "Girl with necklace" was exhibited with the estimate of $1.5–2 million Total price was $1.81 million including the fee of the auction house.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: nytlive.nytimes.com, sothebys.com, artinvestment.ru