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Frida Kahlo's Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds

Frida Kahlo's Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds

Haskell, Caitlin
Kharatishvili, Tamar
Santana, Alive Piliado

Hardcover

Caribbean, Latin American & South American ArtGeneral Art

Publisher Price: $30.00

ISBN10: 0300279663
ISBN13: 9780300279665
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
Published: Jun 3 2025
Pages: 112
Weight: 1.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.70 Depth: 10.50
Language: English

The richly illustrated story of a brief yet pivotal encounter in Paris between Frida Kahlo and Mary Reynolds, two luminaries of the Surrealist movement

In February 1939, while visiting Paris at the invitation of writer André Breton, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) became sick and convalesced at the home of American expatriate Mary Reynolds (1891-1950), an avant-garde bookbinder, collector of Surrealist artist books, and partner of Marcel Duchamp. This book traces the story of Kahlo and Reynolds's connection and its influence on their work, even after the friendship had elapsed.

Kahlo and Reynolds's intense encounter unfolds in this volume through the artworks they each made, their shared exploration of Reynolds's expansive Surrealist library, and letters from Kahlo to her lover, American photographer Nickolas Muray, in which she recounted her time in Paris. Included in this focused study are paintings and drawings by Kahlo, selections of books by Reynolds, photographs by Muray of Kahlo, depictions of Reynolds by artists in Paris, and a selection of letters between Kahlo and Reynolds describing their defining experience together.

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