Frida Kahlo

c. 1944

Lola Álvarez Bravo

Artist, Mexican, 1903 - 1993

In this black and white photograph, a woman wearing a black dress leans toward an arched mirror set into a wall, so we see the woman twice in this double portrait. We are situated slightly below her so we look up at the woman, who gazes down and to our right. The surface of the wall is smooth but lightly textured, like adobe. Trees reflected in the mirror indicate that this is outdoors. The woman in front of us takes up the left half of the composition. She faces our right in profile and leans to our right, at the far edge of the mirror. Her dark hair is pulled up in ribbon entwined braids. She wears long, chandelier style earrings and her high-necked black dress has puffed, lace sleeves. We see her face straight on in the mirror’s reflection. The woman’s distinctive brows knit together over her rounded nose.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. Robert Lennon and Mr. Ramon Osuna; gift to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, center on mount in graphite: Lola Alvarez Bravo; by unknown hand, lower right on mount in graphite: Lola Alvarez-Bravo / "Portrait of Frida Kahlo"; bottom right on mount in graphite: 1983.114.1; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left on mount in graphite: PORTRAIT OF Frida Kahlo

Wikidata ID

Q64157542


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