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The Latest: Kahlo work sets auction record for artist

EDS NOTE: NUDITY - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, the painting, "Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)" by Frida Khalo, is on display during the press preview of "Bound to Fail" at Christie's auction house in New York. The painting by Kahlo is poised to set a new auction record for the Mexican painter at Christie’s sale of impressionist and modern art on Thursday evening, May 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
EDS NOTE: NUDITY - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, the painting, "Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)" by Frida Khalo, is on display during the press preview of "Bound to Fail" at Christie's auction house in New York. The painting by Kahlo is poised to set a new auction record for the Mexican painter at Christie’s sale of impressionist and modern art on Thursday evening, May 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) EDS NOTE: NUDITY - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, the painting, "Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)" by Frida Khalo, is on display during the press preview of "Bound to Fail" at Christie's auction house in New York. The painting by Kahlo is poised to set a new auction record for the Mexican painter at Christie’s sale of impressionist and modern art on Thursday evening, May 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – The Latest on Christie’s sale of impressionist and modern art (all times local):

8 p.m.

A painting by Frida Kahlo has set a new auction record for the Mexican painter at Christie’s sale of impressionist and modern art.

“Two Nudes in the Forest (The Land Itself)” sold for $8 million Thursday evening, just matching its low pre-sale estimate.

The painting, which depicts two nudes in a dreamlike setting, was exhibited last year at the New York Botanical Garden. It last appeared at auction in 1989.