Painted in 1928, when Frida Kahlo was only twenty-one years old, Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) offers a rare and intimate window into the artist's formative years, before the iconic self-portraits and surrealist iconography that would define her later career. The composition presents two women in close proximity, rendered with a directness and psychological weight that already signals Kahlo's extraordinary sensitivity to human presence. The figures are believed to be domestic workers known to the artist, and their dignified portrayal reflects the deep social consciousness that would remain a through line in her work. The paint handling reveals the influence of her rigorous study of Renaissance portraiture alongside the flat, frontal conventions of Mexican folk painting, a synthesis that would become central to her mature visual language. What distinguishes this early canvas is the quality of attention Kahlo brings to her subjects. Rather than idealization, there is an honest, almost confrontational intimacy between painter and sitter that feels entirely modern. The work sits within a small and precious body of early oils, predating the 1932 Detroit murals period and the celebrated Surrealist exhibitions in Europe, making examples from this period exceptionally scarce in private hands. Currently held within the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the painting represents a foundational moment in one of the twentieth century's most consequential artistic careers. For collectors with serious interest in Latin American modernism, few works carry the biographical and art historical significance of a Kahlo from this period.