Kahlo, Frida

In pencil (6 1/4 x 3 5/8 in; 160 x 92 mm), on an envelope addressed to " Sra. Frida Kahlo de Rivera", with a autograph note by Frida to Diego Rivera: "Que no se te olvide la lista que le prometiste a la ministra" and the name of the famous Polish poet "Antoni Slonimski - Poeta - Pen Club." 

Gift from Ruth Rivera Marin to the family of the present owner, Consuelo Eckhardt Taracena.

Frida Kahlo, the unknown Frida, the woman behind the work: an unedited, private collection of letters from Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera, and other documents. October 12-November 9, 1991, Louis Newman Galleries, Los Angeles. 

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The mystical "Tercer Ojo" [Third Eye] is a recurring symbol in Kahlo's work: the eye that looks after, the eye that cries, the watching eye. In her painting "Diego y Yo" (1949) Kahlo depicts herself, crying, with a portrait of Rivera on her forehead, and a third eye on his.