LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Measurements:

Markings:

signed and dated 'Frida Kahlo 1941' (lower center right)

Condition:

25 ¼ in. (64.1 cm.) copper plate, 31 3/8 in. (80 cm.) framed, diameter

Exhibited:

Mexico City, Palacio Nacional, Comedor de Recepciones, 1941. New York, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, Kahlo/Modotti, 1983. London, Tate Modern, Frida Kahlo, 9 June-9 October 2005, p. 174, no. 65 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

M. Zamora, Frida: el pincel de la angustia, Mexico, 1987, p. 321 (illustrated in color). H. Prignitz-Poda, S. Grimberg, A. Kettenmann, Frida Kahlo: das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, Verlag Neue Kritik, 1988, p. 141, no. 82 (illustrated in color). H. Herrera, Frida Kahlo: The Paintings, New York, Harper Collins Publishers, 1991, p. 163 (illustrated in color). L.-M. Lozano, Frida Kahlo, Mexico, Landucci Editores (Spanish edition), 2000, p. 108 (illustrated in color). L.-M. Lozano, Frida Kahlo, New York, Bullfinch (English edition), 2001, p. 108 (illustrated in color). L.-M. Lozano, Frida Kahlo, Milan, Leonardo International (Italian edition), 2001, p. 108 (illustrated in color). H. Prignitz-Poda, Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work, Munich, Schirmer/Mosel Production, 2003, pp. 181-183, no. 25 (illustrated in color, details and on back cover). S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo; The Still Lifes, New York and London, Merrell Publishers Limited, 2008, p. 79 (illustrated in color). G. Souter, Frida Kahlo, New York, Parkstone Press International, 2012, pp. 138-139 (illustrated in color and details). H. Prignitz-Poda, Hidden Frida Kahlo, Lost, Destroyed or Little-Known Works, Munich, Prestel Verlag, 2017, p. 130 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Paulette Goddard, New York (acquired directly from the artist). Property of Paulette Goddard Remarque, Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 1980, lot 37. Violet Gershenson, New York. Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York. Private collection, Switzerland. David Tunkl Fine Arts, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the present owner (2007).