Frida Kahlo miniature could fetch $1m at auction

"The familiar thick eyebrows joined at the bridge of the nose are there, as are the trademark haughty stare and the scraped-back hair.

The startling thing about the latest Frida Kahlo self-portrait to come up for auction is its size. The Mexican artist's Autorretrato en miniatura – self-portrait in miniature – measures just 5cm by 4.2cm.

Despite its lack of size, it is being sold at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday night with an upper estimate of $1.2m (£740,000).

The locket-sized picture – thought to be the smallest painting Kahlo made – was originally a gift to one of her many lovers, the Catalan artist Jose Bartoli."
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