Art??-----“The Dream (The Bed)” — is causing a stir among art historians as its estimated $40 million to $60 million price tag

...would make it the most expensive work by any female or Latin American artist when it goes to auction later this month.

“El sueño (La cama)” was created in 1940 following Kahlo’s trip to Paris, where she came into contact with the surrealists.

• Contrary to contemporary belief, the skull on the bed’s canopy is not a Day of the Dead skeleton, but a Judas — a handmade cardboard figure. Traditionally lit with gunpowder during Easter, this effigy symbolizes purification and the triumph of good over evil, representing Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus...