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  FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA IN PHOTOGRAPHY
PORTRAITS OF A LEGENDARY COUPLE
     
  Hector García
Diego Rivera in his studio, 1940
Gelatin silver print
Signed on verso with pencil
     
 

Bernard Silberstein
Frida Kahlo Painting 'The Wounded Table', 1940
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Signed

     
  Emmy Lou Packard
Diego Rivera sitting on the pyramid he had built in Indiangarden, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1941
Vintage gelatin silver print
     
  Bernard Silberstein
Portrait of Frida Kahlo(Used for the cover of American Way) c. 1940
Sepia toned gelatin silver print, printed laterSigned in pen on print recto
     
  Bernard Silberstein
Portrait of Diego Rivera, 1940
Sepia toned gelatin silver print, printed later
Signed on verso
     
  Bernard Silberstein
Frida with flowers in her Hair,1940
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Signed on verso in pencil
     
  Leo Matiz Leo Matiz
Frida Kahlo in Coyoacan, 1946
Gelatin silver print, estate print
Estate dry seal recto
     
  Lucienne Bloch
Frida biting her necklace, 1933, printed 1997
Gelatin silver print
Signed on print recto
     
  Hector García
Portrait of Frida, 1940's
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed
     
  Gisele Freund
Frida Kahlo in the Garden Casa Azul, Coyoacan, 1951
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
     
  Lucienne Bloch
Frida with doily on her head, 1935
Gelatin silver print, printed 1998
Signed in pen recto
     
  Fritz Henle
Frida Kahlo in Front of Her Studio in Coyoacan, Mexico, 1943
Gelatin silver print, printed1992
Signed recto
     
  Fritz Bach Fritz Bach
Leon Trotsky and Diego Rivera, Mexico, 1937
Vintage gelatin silver print
Provenance: collection of André Breton
     
  Florence Arquin
Frida Kahlo, 1941
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Edition 4/25
     
  Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo and Emmy Lou Packard in Coyoacan, 1941
Platinum / Palladium print, printed later
Signed by Lou Packard on original mat's verso

     
  Emmy Lou Packard
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at home, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1941
Platinum/Palladium print, printed later by Don Beatty
Signed recto
     
  Nickolas Muray
Group portrait of Frida, Diego, Nick, Emmy Lou Packard,and Iona Robinson,
c. 1941
Vintage gelatin silver print
     
  Enrique Diaz Tina Modotti Enrique Diaz
Tina Modotti and Diego Rivera, Mexico City, January 16, 1929, Re-enactment of Julio Antonio Mella's murder,
Vintage gelatin silver print
     
  Juan Guzman Juan Guzman
Frida with two birds, ca. 1940s
Gelatin silver print, printed later
     
  Lola Alvarez Bravo
Seated Frida in hospital room with photographs, 1940'sGelatin silver print, printed later
Signed verso
     
  Leo Matiz Leo Matiz
Frida Kahlo en la Casa Azul Coyoacan, Mexico, 1944
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 2001, estate print
Stamped on verso, dry seal recto
Edition 3/25
     
  Antonio Kahlo Antonio Kahlo
Frida Kahlo with Juan O'Gorman, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1947
Gelatin silver print, printed later
     
  Leo Matiz
Frida Kahlo Coyoacan, Mexico, 1944
Platinum print, estate print
Stamped recto
     
  Hector García
Portrait of Frida, 1940's
Gelatin silver print, printed later
     
  Imogen Cunningham
Frida Kahlo (whole view), ca. 1930s
Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s
     
  Nickolas Muray
Frida Icon, c. 1930
Platinum print, Estate print
Edition 8/30 plus 5 artist proofs
     
  Lucienne Bloch
Frida at the Barbizon Hotel, 1931
Gelatin silver print, printed 1998
Signed on recto in pen
     
  Lola Alvarez Bravo
Frida Kahlo, ca. 1944 - 1945
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Initials on print verso
     
  Carl van Vechten
Frida Kahlo, 1932
Vintage gelatin silver print
Photographer stamp verso
     
  Hector García
Frida Kahlo lying on bed, c. 1954
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto
     
  Leo Matiz
Frida and land man, 1940
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Photographer stamp, signed verso
     
   

ArteF Fine Art Photography Gallery begins the new year with an exhibition dedicated to one of the most famous artist couples of the 20th century: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - the dove and the elephant, as they were also named in allusion to their dissimilar appearances. Friends and contemporaries like Florence Arquin, Fritz Bach, Lucienne Bloch, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Imogen Cunningham, Enrique Diaz, Gisele Freund, Héctor García, Juan Guzman, Fritz Henle, Antonio Kahlo, Loomis Dean, Leo Matiz, Tina Modotti, Nickolas Muray, Emmy Lou Packard, Diego Rivera, Bernard Silberstein and Carl Van Vechten document the 25 years of the shared life and work of this extraordinary pair.

For the first time in a public exhibition, ArteF presents an extremely rare vintage print of Trotsky and Diego Rivera. They were photographed by Fritz Bach, a Swiss communist, who in 1937 met Leo Trotsky and Diego Rivera in person in Mexico. This photographic rarity comes from the personal collection of the artist André Breton.

Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) is now the most famous painter from Mexico, if not the whole of Latin America. Her paintings were officially pronounced by the Mexican government as "national cultural property". Her eventful life has undoubtedly contributed to her legend: her illness (polio and a tragic bus accident, the effects from which she suffered her entire life), her marriage to Diego Rivera, her revolutionary enthusiasm and a passionate nationalism. She put up her hair in the style of indigenous women, preferred traditional clothes and wore native home-made jewellery. Frida Kahlo therefore earned a reputation as an artist as the "Painter of Pain". In her paintings and self-portraits she chose her own life as the central theme - her chronic illness, but also her marriage problems. During her lifetime, Frida stood in the shadow of her husband in terms of her art. Today she is far more popular than him.

Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was the most famous painter in Mexico during his lifetime. He achieved world fame through his unmistakeable murals - wall paintings with political motifs -, which he created from 1922 mainly in Mexico and the United States. Until his death Rivera was a dedicated communist and made a major contribution by acquiring a Mexican visa and accommodation for Leo Trotsky. In 1938, he worked with Trotsky and André Breton on the 'Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art'. Towards the end of his life Rivera returned to canvas painting. In many of his paintings from this time he drew on the results of political and personal disappointments and misfortunes, including his eventful relationship with Frida Kahlo.