Lithograph, Arches heavyweight paper, dimensions: 61 x 44 cm clear passe-partout, 72 x 56 cm framed passe-partout, limited edition, hand-numbered in pencil 30/250, signed under the composition facsimile of Frida Kahlo's signature p.d.; publisher's dry stamp: Leonardo Artis l.d., licensed by the Frida Kahlo Museum; hologram "verification of authenticity" on the reverse. Original editor's certificate from Oro Cartier Limited Editions.
Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter born in 1907, became one of the most revered and recognizable art figures of the 20th century. Her works are considered iconic today, and she is a symbol of strength, independence.
During her lifetime, Frida Kahlo was better known as the wife of the famous muralist Diego Rivera than as an artist. Although she had a circle of admirers, including renowned artists and intellectuals such as André Breton and Pablo Picasso, her work was seen mainly as a local phenomenon associated with Mexican culture and folklore. She exhibited her works in Mexico and the United States, and even had one solo exhibition in New York in 1938, which received much attention. However, it wasn't until after her death in 1954 that a real surge of interest in her work began.
The 1970s brought a wave of interest in Frida Kahlo's art, especially in the context of the rise of feminist movements and a growing awareness of art created by women. Frida became an icon of feminism because she boldly addressed themes of identity, corporeality, gender, suffering and women's power in her works. Her highly personal self-portraits reached a wide audience as an expression of an authentic, uncompromising approach to art.
Frida Kahlo combined elements of realism, surrealism and symbolism in her paintings, creating a highly personal iconography. Although she herself claimed not to be a surrealist, her works were often classified that way by critics. Kahlo reflected in her paintings her fascination with Mexican culture, history and indigenous art. This combination of local color with a universal emotional message meant that her work began to be appreciated not only in Mexico, but around the world.
Today Frida Kahlo is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Her paintings are exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, and retrospective exhibitions, such as the one held at the Tate Modern in London and MoMA in New York, draw crowds. In 2022, her painting "Diego and I" (1949) was sold for a record-breaking sum of more than $34 million, making it the most expensive work of Latin American art. She has also become a pop culture icon, with her face appearing on posters, T-shirts and gadgets, a testament to her extraordinary influence on the mass imagination.
References:
The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Mexican Art, the Vergel Foundation and the Tarpon Trust © 2017 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico.
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