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Frida Kahlo
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- Book Synopsis
- When Frida Kahlo died, Diego Rivera, Frida's husband, ex-husband and widower, asked the poet Carlos Pellicer to turn the Casa Azul into a museum so that the people of Mexico could visit it and admire the artist's work. Pellicer selected Frida's paintings that were in the house, as well as some drawings, photos, books and ceramics.The rest of the objects, clothes, documents, drawings, letters and more than six thousand photographs that Frida collected during her lifetime were kept in storage.This collection of photographic images reveals the tastes and interests of the famous couple, not only in what the images say but also in the annotations in the margins and allows for speculation about their phobias and attractions; it is even possible to document their family origins. Photography was always present for Frida; her father Guillermo Kahlo was one of the great photographers of early 20th century Mexico. She kept some of his images of colonial architecture and several self-portraits. In Frida's collection there is a list of great photographers: Man Ray, Brassaï, Martin Munkacsi, Pierre Verger, George Hurrel,Tina Modotti, Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola ¦lvarez Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola ¦lvarez Bravo, Gisèle Freund and many others, including Frida Kahlo herself. It is likely that she took several of the photos in the collection, although we are only certain of the ones she signed in 1929.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9788492480753
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- RM Verlag, (01 February 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 522
- Weight
- 1543 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 165 x 175 x 40 mm
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