20-05-2016 15:54 via krqe.com

Diego Rivera painting sells privately for $15.7 million

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 whom he later divorced. Her “Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)” set a new auction record for Latin American art.
The private sale was facilita
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