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FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)

Lot 9
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Lot 9 | FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)
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FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)

Portrait of Cristina, My Sister

signed and dated 'FRIEDA KAHLO, 1928' (lower right)

oil on panel

31 7⁄8 x 23 ¾ in. (79.8 x 60.3 cm.)

Painted in 1928





Provenance

Cristina Kahlo Pinedo (gift from the artist).

Isolda Pinedo Kahlo (by descent from the above, circa 1964).

Sale, Christie's, New York, 26 November 1985, lot 48.

Private collection, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 21 November 1988, lot 22.

Private collection, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 2001, lot 15.

Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.



Literature

L. Salber, Frida Kahlo, Hamburg, 1977, p. 38 (illustrated).

H. Herrera, A Biography of Frida Kahlo, New York, 1983, no. 13 (illustrated).

M. Zamorra, Frida Kahlo: El Pincel de la Angustia, Mexico City, 1987, p. 256 (illustrated in color).

H. Prignitz-Poda, et al., Frida Kahlo das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, 1988, p. 91, no. 12 (illustrated in color).

M. Zamorra, Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish, San Francisco, 1990, p. 49 (illustrated in color).

H. Herrera, Frida Kahlo: The Paintings, New York, 1991, p. 44 (illustrated).

H. Herrera, Frida Kahlo, Die Gemälde, Munich, 1991, p. 31 (illustrated).

A. Kettenman, Frida Kahlo, Frankfurt, 1992, p. 15 (illustrated in color).

S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo, New York, 1997, p. 44 (illustrated in color).

H. Hererra, Frida, A Biography of Frida Kahlo, New York, 2002, p. 133, no. 13 (illustrated).

H. Prignitz-Poda, et al., Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work, Munich, 2003, p. 24 (illustrated).

S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo: Confidences, Paris, 2008, p. 80 (illustrated in color).

S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself, London, 2008, p. 80 (illustrated in color).

G. Souter, Frida Kahlo, New York, 2012, p. 21 (illustrated in color).

A. Kettenman, Frida Kahlo: Pain and Passion, Cologne, 2016, p. 15 (illustrated in color).

H. Prignitz-Poda, Hidden Frida Kahlo: Lost, Destroyed, or Little Known Works, Munich, 2017, p. 37 (illustrated in color).

L. M. Lozano, ed., Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 2021, pp. 52 and 483, no. 19 (illustrated in color, pp. 52 and 483).



Exhibited

Mexico City, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Frida Kahlo Exposición Nacional Homenaje, September-November 1977, no. 4.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; La Jolla, Mandeville Art Gallery; Phoenix Art Museum; Austin, University Art Gallery; Houston, Blaffer Art Gallery and Purchase, Neuberger Museum, Frida Kahlo (1910-1954), January-March 1978, p. 26 (illustrated).

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Philadelphia Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Frida Kahlo, October 2007-September 2008, p. 132 (illustrated in color).



Further Details

We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.

We are also grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Artist:Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Mexico
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