This self-portrait of Frida Kahlo from 1949 could fetch US$30mil

An undated photo from Sotheby's New York shows a Frida Kahlo self-portrait entitled 'Diego y yo'. Sotheby's hopes to exceed US$30mil when this work hits the November auction in New York, which would set the record for a Latin American work. Photo: AFP

No doubt about it: this painting coming to market is a historic work. In November, Sotheby's will auction off a rare self-portrait by Frida Kahlo during its "Modern Evening Sale" in New York.

Frida Kahlo completed Diego y yo (Diego And I) in 1949, five years before her death. The painting depicts the tear-stained face of the Mexican artist, whose forehead is adorned with an image of her companion, muralist Diego Rivera.