Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan
Object Details
- photographer
- Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998
- Subject
- Kahlo, Frida
- Rivera, Diego
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 28 x 27 cm. (image), 36 x 28 cm. (sheet)
- Summary
- Identification on verso (handwritten): #3 for Mildred Cousadine, 1984; c. all rights reserved; Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan (Frida's house), fall 1941.; Rollardcord camera, Panatonic film; This is an unposed photograph. Several times during the long mid-day meal, Frida, because her spine hurt, would get up and walk a little. Often she stopped to embrace Diego's head, which pleased him. I just said (because I had my camera shooting everything that day), "Please just stay exactly like you are for a minute so I can photograph you". They did.; Emmy Lou Packard, 1984
Date based on date of image, not print. - Citation
- Emmy Lou Packard. Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan, 1941. Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- U.S. public domain
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1941
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)5526
- Type
- Photographs
- Place
- Coyoacan, Mexico
- See more items in
- Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Muralists
- Painters
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_5526
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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