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'''''Les Distractions de Dagobert''''' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the British surrealist [[Leonora Carrington]], from 1945. In May 2024, it sold for 28.5 million U.S. dollars (£22.5 million), a record for a U.K.-born female painter.<ref name="ARTnews">{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Harrison |title=New Record for Leonora Carrington as Surrealist Painting Sells for $28.5 M. at Sotheby's |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/leonora-carrington-sothebys-record-women-surrealists-1234707046/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=ARTnews |date=15 May 2024}}</ref> |
'''''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 a UK-born woman artist.<ref name="ARTnews">{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Harrison |title=New Record for Leonora Carrington as Surrealist Painting Sells for $28.5 M. at Sotheby's |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/leonora-carrington-sothebys-record-women-surrealists-1234707046/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=ARTnews |date=15 May 2024}}</ref> |
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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.<ref name="ARTnews"/><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Khomami |first1=Nadia |title=Leonora Carrington painting auctioned for £22.5m in record for UK-born female artist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/16/leonora-carrington-painting-auctioned-for-225m-in-record-for-british-born-female-artists |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |issue=16 May 2024}}</ref> |
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.<ref name="ARTnews"/><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Khomami |first1=Nadia |title=Leonora Carrington painting auctioned for £22.5m in record for UK-born female artist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/16/leonora-carrington-painting-auctioned-for-225m-in-record-for-british-born-female-artists |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |issue=16 May 2024}}</ref> |
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