Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Albert Kahn, 1932
THF238820 / Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Albert Kahn, 1932
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Artifact Overview
Detroit architect Albert Kahn (left) posed for a photograph with Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in 1932. The couple was in Michigan while Rivera worked on his Detroit Industry murals, commissioned by the Detroit Institute of Arts and completed there in 1933.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
02 August 1932
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2002.0.34.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.875 in
Width: 13.875 in
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