A Diego Rivera painting has sold privately for $15.7 million, setting a world record price for any Latin American work of art, Phillips auction house said Friday.
The price for "Dance in Tehuantepec" nearly doubles the figure paid at auction last month for a painting by Frida Kahlo, Rivera's wife. Her "Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)" set a new auction record for Latin American art
The private sale was facilitated by Phillips.
The buyer, Argentinian collector Eduardo Costantini, told The Associated Press that he has waited 20 years to acquire "Dance in Tehuantepec," which he . . .
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