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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

Lot 31
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Lot 31 | Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

Self-Portrait (Very Ugly)

signed 'FRIEDA' (lower left) and inscribed 'SIRV, OH! BOY, VERY U' (right)

fresco on Celotex board

10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (27.3 x 22.2 cm.)

Executed in 1933





Provenance

Lucienne Bloch, New York (gift directly from the artist, 1933).

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27-29 November 1984, lot 138.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

H. Herrera, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, New York, Harper and Row, 1983, p. 170.

H. Prignitz-Poda, et al., Frida Kahlo: Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, Verlag Neue Kritik, 1988, no. 146, p. 265 (present lot illustrated in color, and as originally painted, p. 181).

H. Herrera, Frida Kahlo: The Paintings, New York, Harper Collins Publishers, 1991, no. 102, p. 241 (illustrated, p. 102).

C. Monsivais, et al., Frida Kahlo: Una vida, una obra, Mexico City, Editorial ERA, 1992, no. 22, p.161 (illustrated in color).

A. Kettenman, Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954: Leid und Leidenschaft, Cologne, Taschen, 1992, no. 26, p. 94 (illustrated in color, p. 26).

A. Kettenman, Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954: Pain And Passion, Cologne, Taschen, 1993, no. 26, p. 94 (illustrated in color, p. 26).

E. Billeter, The Blue House: The World of Frida Kahlo, Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, 1993, p. 250.

A. Kettenman, Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954: Pain And Passion, New York, Smith Mark, 1995 (illustrated in color, p. 41).

H. Herrera, Frida Kahlo: die Gemälde, München, Schirmer/Mosel, 1995 (illustrated, p. 158).

T. Hardin, Frida Kahlo: A Modern Master, New York, Todtri Prod LTD, 1997 (illustrated in color, p. 17).

S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo, New York, Barnes and Noble, 1997 (illustrated in color, p. 60).

S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself, New York-London, Merrell, 2008 (illustrated in color, p. 12).

S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo Confidences, Paris, Chêne, 2008 (illustrated in color, p. 12).

G. Souter, Diego Rivera: His Art and His Passions, New York, Parkstone International, 2009 (illustrated in color, p. 113).

L. M. Lozano, ed., Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings, Cologne, Taschen, 2021, no. 41, pp. 506-508 and 583 (illustrated in color, p. 506).



Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo Nacional, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Los surrealistas en México, July-September 1986, no. 119.

New York, Baruch College Gallery; Stony Brook, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Women Artists of the Surrealist Movement, October 1986-January 1987.

Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle; Vienna, Messepalast; Dallas Museum of Art, Images of Mexico, December 1987-October 1988, no. 103 (illustrated in color, p. 230).

Dallas, Meadows Museum of Art, Frida Kahlo, February-April 1989, no. 14 (illustrated in color, p. 48).

New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Latin Century: Beyond the Border, August-November 2002, pp. 59 and 73 (illustrated in color, on the cover and p. 1).

Dallas Museum of Art, on extended loan, 1989-2005.

London, Tate Modern, Frida Kahlo, June-October 2005, no. 122 (illustrated in color, p. 202).

Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Frida Kahlo: 1907-2007, June-August 2007, no. 20, pp. 140-143, 388 (illustrated in color, p. 141).

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Philadelphia Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Frida Kahlo, October 2006-September 2008, pl. 16, p. 289 (illustrated in color, p. 148).

Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Guests of Honor: Self-Portraits by Frida Kahlo, February-March 2009.

Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau; Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Frida Kahlo: Retrospective, April-December 2010, no. 19, pp. 106 and 244 (illustrated in color, p. 107).

Biarritz, Le Bellevue, L’art Mexicain 1920-1960: Éloge du corps, June-October 2013 (illustrated in color, p. 156).

Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Frida Kahlo, March-August 2014 (illustrated in color, p. 125).

Detroit Institute of Arts, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, March-July 2015, cat. 48 (illustrated in color, p. 100).

Dallas Museum of Art, on extended loan, 2016-2020.

San Francisco, de Young Museum, Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving, September 2020-May 2021, no. 6 (illustrated in color, p. 47).

Waltham, Rose Museum of Art, Brandeis University, Frida Kahlo: POSE and Frida Kahlo at the Rose Art Museum, June 2021-October 2022.
Artist:Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)
Applied technique:Fresco
Medium:Plastic
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Mexico
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