Hammer and Sickle (and unborn baby) Frida Kahlo
On this particular orthopedic corset, Kahlo painted a blood-red Hammer and Sickle expressing her lifelong political sympathies, and below, a developing foetus, a reminder of the still deeper insult of the accident – her inability to bear children. One of three plaster corsets painted by Kahlo, and the only one owned privately. The other two are in the collection of the Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City.
Provenance
Publications
- , Frida Kahlo: Las Pinturas / The paintings, Mexico
- , Frida : El Pincel de la Angustia, Mexico
- , Frida Kahlo - Das Gesamtwerk (catalogue raisonne), Frankfurt am Main
- , Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish, San Francisco
- , Frida Kahlo: Una Vida, Una Obra
- , Frida Kahlo - Artists in Their World, London
- , Frida Kahlo, Barcelona
- , Frida Kahlo
- , El ropero de Frida, Mexico City
- , La mirada de un anticuario
- , Frida Kahlo: Homenaje Nacional 1907-2007 / National Tribute 1907-2007
- , Passion, Politics and Painting, Art Gallery of Ontario
- , Frida Kahlo e Diego Rivera, Milano
- , Frida Kahlo 1907-1954: Pain and Passion
- , Frida Kahlo - Fashion as the Art of Being
- , Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, London
- , "Summer is the Season of Broken Flowers, Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo's Influence on Fashion", Medium
Exhibitions
- Galerías “La Granja” formerly the site of the Santa Clara Convent, property of “Don Paco” (Francisco González de la Fuente), Mexico City, Mexico
- , Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, 13th June 2007 — 19th August 2007
- , Palacio de Iturbide, Banco Nacional de México y Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico, 2007
- , Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, 30th April 2010 — 9th August 2010
- , Kunstforum Wien, 1st September – 5th December, 2010, Vienna, Austria, 1st September 2010 — 5th December 2010
- , Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada, 20th October 2012 — 20th January 2013
- , High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA, 12/05/2013
- , Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Italy, 20th March 2014 — 31st August 2014
- , Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy, 20th February 2014 — 8th February 2015
- , Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, USA, 21st May 2015 — 12th September 2015
- , Museum of Cultures (MUDEC), Milan, Italy, 1st February 2018 — 3rd June 2018
- , Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, 16th June 2018 — 18th November 2018
- , Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA, 8th February 2019 — 12th May 2019
- , De Young Museum, San Francisco, USA, 25th September 2020 — 2nd May 2021
- , Heather James Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 16th June 2022 — 31st December 2022
- , Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day
© 2024 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, d.F. / Adagp, Paris (Corset) and Florence Arquin (Photography of Frida Kahlo wearing it)
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