This undated image released by Sotheby's New York shows Diego Rivera's 1939 oil on canvas painting "NiÑa en Azul y Blanco," (Retrato de Juanita Rosas a los Diez AÑos de Edad) that will be auctioned with other Latin American artworks on May 23-24 at Sotheb
This undated image released by Sotheby's New York shows Diego Rivera's 1939 oil on canvas painting "NiÑa en Azul y Blanco," (Retrato de Juanita Rosas a los Diez AÑos de Edad) that will be auctioned with other Latin American artworks on May 23-24 at Sotheby's in New York. Sotheby's New York, Associated Press

By Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mexican artist Diego Rivera's "Girl in Blue and White" is set to headline Sotheby's Latin American art auction in New York.

The 1939 oil painting of 10-year-old Juanita Rosas is expected to fetch between $4 million and $6 million at Wednesday's auction. Sotheby's says it is Rivera's most important painting to be auctioned in decades.

Rivera's current record is just over $3 million for the 1928 oil on canvas "Dancing in Tehuantepec," sold in 1995 at Sotheby's in New York.

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"Girl in Blue and White" could even break the auction record for Latin American art, held since 2008 by Mexican Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour," which fetched $7.2 million.

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