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Diego Rivera — Desnudo de Frida Kahlo
Diego Rivera

Desnudo de Frida Kahlo

This striking lithograph by Diego Rivera depicts his wife and fellow artist Frida Kahlo in an intimate nude study, rendered with the bold, confident lines characteristic of Rivera's draftsmanship. The work showcases Rivera's mastery of the lithographic medium, capturing Kahlo's form with a tender yet unflinching directness on delicate thin wove paper. The full margins of the print are preserved, highlighting the compositional elegance and the artist's deliberate approach to the figure within the picture plane.

Medium
Lithograph, on thin wove paper, with full margins,

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Evening & Day Editions

October 26, 2015

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Diego Rivera, Desnudo de Frida Kahlo

This striking lithograph by Diego Rivera depicts his wife and fellow artist Frida Kahlo in an intimate nude study, rendered with the bold, confident lines characteristic of Rivera's draftsmanship. The work showcases Rivera's mastery of the lithographic medium, capturing Kahlo's form with a tender yet unflinching directness on delicate thin wove paper. The full margins of the print are preserved, highlighting the compositional elegance and the artist's deliberate approach to the figure within the picture plane.

Medium
Lithograph, on thin wove paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Mexican Artist, Male Artist, Female Subject, Modern Art, Intimate Mood, Figurative Art, Modernism, Portrait, Mexican Muralism, Nude Figure, Lithograph, Master Artist, Black and White, Muralism

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Art Institute of Chicago