Frida Kahlo · 1940
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
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Frida in her most famous self-portrait — a black monkey at her shoulder, a black cat at the other, thorns biting her neck and a dead hummingbird at her throat. Harry Ransom Center, Austin.
Up to 38 × 48 in · portrait
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Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird is a 1940 self-portrait by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo which also includes a black cat, a monkey, and two dragonflies. It was painted after Kahlo's divorce from Diego Rivera and the end of her affair with photographer Nickolas Muray.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain. Her 1940 self-portrait titled The Dream holds the record for the most expensive work by a female artist ever auctioned at $54.7 million.
All Frida Kahlo prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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