Lindsay Pollock reports that a buyer at Christie’s $16.8m Latin American sale was buying in bulk, including a Frida Kahlo for $1.178m:
the buyer was a female Mexican collector on a spree who snapped up 6 to 7 other pieces. Her other acquisitions included paintings by Alfonso Michel, Kazauya Sakai, Joaquin Torres-Garcia and Gunther Gerzso.
Frida Kahlo Zooms Over Lowball Estimate (Lindsay Pollock)