The auction house did not reveal the seller. Sotheby's identified Costantini as founder of Malba, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. "Diego y yo" was acquired by the Eduardo F. Scholars say that "Diego y yo" reflects Kahlo's turbulent second marriage with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, whose three-eyed face sits on Kahlo's forehead in the oil painting – right above her two, teary eyes and flushed cheeks. Naumann Fine Art, New York.A self-portrait by world-renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $34.9 million at a Sotheby's New York auction late Tuesday, marking the highest price ever paid at auction for a work of Latin American art.Ĭompleted in 1949, "Diego y yo" (Diego and I) was one of Kahlo's final self-portraits before her death in 1954 at the age of 47. Provenance Magda Pach, New York Walter Pach, New York (by descent), 1950 Nikifora Iliopoulos, Athens Francis M. La pintora Magda Pach y su esposo, el escritor y artista Walter Pach, fueron parte del establishment estadounidense que apoyó con fervor el arte mexicano durante las décadas de 1920 y 1930. Por su defensa de la experiencia personal y la identidad cultural como temas válidos en el arte, Kahlo es un ícono cultural para las feministas, la comunidad latina y otros grupos. Pero no fue hasta fines de los setenta que recibió el reconocimiento general de la crítica. Su primera exposición individual, realizada en Nueva York en 1938, fue seguida de otras en la década de 1940. En la década de 1930 hizo varias visitas cruciales a EE.UU. Combinando fantasía y realismo, dio forma visual al sufrimiento que le causó una lesión traumática y una vida entera de salud precaria, a la vez que exploraba políticas de género, clase y raza desde su perspectiva de comunista ferviente. Nacida en Ciudad de México Inspirada en la cultura tradicional de México, Frida Kahlo desarrolló un estilo visionario de autorretrato. Painter Magda Pach and her husband, the writer and artist Walter Pach, were among the establishment figures who fervently supported Mexican art in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. By championing personal experience and cultural identity as valid subjects for art, Kahlo has become a cultural icon for feminists, the Latinx community, and others. It was not until the late 1970s, however, that she gained widespread critical recognition. Her first solo exhibition, held in New York City in 1938, was followed by others in the 1940s. Kahlo made several transformative visits to the United States during the 1930s. Merging fantasy with realism, she gave visual form to the suffering she had endured following a traumatic injury and a lifetime of ill health while also probing the politics of gender, class, and race from her perspective as a committed communist. Artist Magda Pach, 1884 - 1950 Sitter Frida Kahlo, - Date 1933 Type Painting Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Frame: 67.2 × 57 × 4.1cm (26 7/16 × 22 7/16 × 1 5/8") Stretcher: 51.1 × 41cm (20 1/8 × 16 1/8") Topic Costume\Jewelry\Necklace Costume\Jewelry\Earring Interior Frida Kahlo: Visual Arts\Artist Frida Kahlo: Female Portrait Place United States\New York state Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Restrictions
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