1993 Frida Kahlo Poster, "Diego and Me" or "Diego y yo" 1949 self portrait with husband, Surrealism Naive, gallery exhibition wall art decor

This exhibition poster is from the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt for an exhibition in 1993 featuring "The World of Frida Kahlo". It features her surrealist work, "Diego y yo" or "Diego and me". The painting was completed in 1949, during the mature years of Kahlo's career. It features a portrait of the artist staring unwaveringly at the viewer as she cries, with an image of a three-eyed Diego Rivera at the center of her forehead. The work was kept in a private collection for 30 years prior to the recent $34m sale, breaking all records for a Latin American artist.
Dimensions: 33 in x 23.5 in (84 cm x 60 cm)
Condition: small tear bottom edge, see photos.

Frida Kahlo 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.

She drew her main inspiration from Mexican folk culture, and painted mostly small self-portraits that mixed elements from pre-Columbian and Catholic beliefs. Her paintings raised the interest of surrealist artist André Breton, who arranged for Kahlo's first solo exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York in 1938; the exhibition was a success and was followed by another in Paris in 1939. While the French exhibition was less successful, the Louvre purchased a painting from Kahlo, The Frame, making her the first Mexican artist to be featured in their collection.

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Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the charm.

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