Frida Kahlo, Coyoacan, Mexico letter to Nickolas Muray, New York, N.Y.
Object Details
- Creator
- Kahlo, Frida, 1907-1954
- Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965
- Subject
- Kahlo, Frida
- Muray, Nickolas
- Rivera, Diego
- Robinson, Ione
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Letter : 2 p. : handwritten ; 28 x 21 cm.
- Summary
- Kahlo writes that she has received the money Muray loaned her; that she had an infection in her hand and couldn't work; that she needs to finish a painting to be included in a show of surrealist art; and complains that Muray treats her "only as a friend." She also mentions that "that awful wench" Ione Robinson has come to Mexico and expresses her frustration with Diego Rivera.
Date based on postmark. - Citation
- Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo, Coyoacan, Mexico letter to Nickolas Muray, New York, N.Y., 1940 January 11. Nickolas Muray papers, 1910-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1940 January 11
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)13535
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Nickolas Muray papers, 1910-1992
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_13535
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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