"Nina con Collar," (Girl with Necklace), a 1929 oil on canvas, will go on the auction block on Nov. 22 at Sotheby's Latin American sale with an estimated value of $1.5 million to $2 million.
"This hung in a California home for 60 years," said Axel Stein, head of Latin American art at Sotheby's. "The painting looks very fresh. It was in a dark part of the house so the colors are vibrant."
Kahlo died at age 47 in 1954. The following year, her widower, the muralist Diego Rivera, gave the painting to a woman who had . . .
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