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Self-Portrait in Red and Gold Dress (MCMXLI) Autorretrato con vestido rojo y dorado (MCMXLI) Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 26.9 cm Collection of Jacques & Natasha Gelman, Mexico City, Mexico 1941 Self-Portrait with Bonito: Autorretrato con bonito: Oil on canvas, 55 x 43.4 cm Private collection, United States 1941 Self-Portrait with Braid: Autorretrato ...
The painting features Kahlo's self-portrait in oil on a sheet of aluminum framed in glass which she purchased from a market in Oaxaca, Mexico. [2] Although the glass frame is included as part of the painting, the flowers, birds, and other details on the frame were painted prior to being purchased by Kahlo. [3]
In a 2012 exploration of hair as an indicator of indigenous feminine identity, Self Portrait with Loose Hair is described as: "In this autorretrato (self-portrait), Kahlo paints a bust of herself with her dark hair untied and cascading over her shoulder. The thick texture of her hair consumes the right portion of the image.
Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress is described as: "Kahlo appears half length, wearing an elegant velvet dress, against a background of stylized waves. She presents herself as a comely young woman of the time, her hair neatly parted in the centre and combed into a chignon that highlights her oval face and symmetrical features.
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter active between 1925 and 1954. She began painting while bedridden due to a bus accident that left her seriously injured. Most of her work consists of self-portraits, which deal directly with her struggle with medical issues, infertility, and her troubeparate Frida on which to project her anguish and pain. [2]
The new documentary film "FRIDA" by filmmaker Carla Gutiérrez uses the late Mexican artistic icon Frida Kahlo's illustrated diary and intimate correspondence to tell her story in her own words ...
Frida Kahlo Self-portrait with monkey 1938.jpg 270 × 368; 104 KB Frida Kahlo, 1937, Memory, the Heart, oil on metal, 40 x 28 cm.jpg 250 × 398; 19 KB Frieda and Diego Rivera.jpg 280 × 356; 12 KB
Sotheby’s continues to showcase notable works of art inside its Beverly Hills space, a gallery and retail shop that’s open to the public. Following its inaugural exhibition of select pieces ...