Les Distractions de Dagobert
Painting by Leonora Carrington / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Les Distractions de Dagobert is an oil on canvas painting by the British surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, from 1945. In May 2024, it sold for US$28.5 million (£22.5 million), a record for UK-born woman artist.[1]
It sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York City for £22.5 million to Argentinian billionaire Eduardo Costantini, the founder of MALBA, the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires.[1][2]