Summer Sale: Impressionist, Folk, Pop & Modern Art
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Jul 21, 2021
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LOT 228:
After Frida Kahlo: Self Portrait with Monkey
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Sold for: $3,500
Start price:
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3,500
Estimated price :
$8,000 - $12,000
Buyer's Premium: 35%
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After Frida Kahlo: Self Portrait with Monkey
After Frida Kahlo (Mexico, 1907-1954): Self Portrait with Monkey. Oil on canvas, signed lower right and verso, framed. Decorative stamps verso.
The original Self-Portrait with Monkey was commissioned in 1938 by A. Conger Goodyear, then president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is one of the many self-portraits painted by Kahlo for friends and patrons during her career.
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly colored self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the human body, and death. Although she denied the connection, she is often identified as a Surrealist. In addition to her work, Kahlo was known for her tumultuous relationship with muralist Diego Rivera.
