Frida Kahlo at Work on "Self-Portrait on the Border Line between Mexico and the United States," 1932

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Artifact Overview

Artist Frida Kahlo was photographed in Detroit while working on her Self-Portrait on the Border Line between Mexico and the United States in 1932. She relocated to Michigan while her husband, Diego Rivera, completed a commission for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Other paintings done by Kahlo during her stay included Henry Ford Hospital and My Birth.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

02 August 1932

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2002.0.34.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 13.875 in
Width: 10.875 in