Details

Provenance

Ruth Rivera de Coronel, Mexico City (by descent from the artist) Rafael Coronel, Cuernavaca (a gift from the above) Juan Coronel Rivera, Mexico City (a gift from the above) Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York Acquired from the above in 1991

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Frida Kahlo–Tina Modotti , 1983, no. 87, p. 108 Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia and Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia, The Art of Frida Kahlo , 1990, no. 33, p. 50, illustrated Miami, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Latin American Art from Miami Collections , 1994-95, n.n. Miami, Miami Art Museum, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation , 1998, no. 367

Literature

Martha Zamora, Frida: El pincel de la angustia , Mexico City, 1987 and 2007, n.n., p. 375, illustrated in color Helga Prignitz–Poda; Salomon Grimberg; Andrea Kettenmann; Frida Kahlo Das Gesamtwerk , Frankfurt, 1988, no. 241, pp. 216 and 280, illustrated in color Luis-Martín Lozano, ed., Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2021, no. 69, p. 537, discussed

Catalog summary

The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation Frida Kahlo 1907 - 1954 Xibalba-Alado-Xólotl signed Soñado por Frida Kahlo (lower center); inscribed Xibalba (left edge) Alado Xolotl (lower center) 7 Rios (lower right) pastel and crayon on paper 8¾ by 11½ in. 22.2 by 29.2 cm. Executed circa 1950. We wish to thank Professor Luis Martín Lozano for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work. Saleroom notice Please find updated cataloguing for this work on www.sothebys.com. Provenance Ruth Rivera de Coronel, Mexico City (by descent from the artist) Rafael Coronel, Cuernavaca (a gift from the above) Juan Coronel Rivera, Mexico City (a gift from the above) Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York Acquired from the above in 1991 Literature Martha Zamora, Frida: El pincel de la angustia , Mexico City, 1987 and 2007, n.n., p. 375, illustrated in color Helga Prignitz–Poda; Salomon Grimberg; Andrea Kettenmann; Frida Kahlo Das Gesamtwerk , Frankfurt, 1988, no. 241, pp. 216 and 280, illustrated in color Luis-Martín Lozano, ed., Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2021, no. 69, p. 537, discussed Exhibited Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Frida Kahlo–Tina Modotti , 1983, no. 87, p. 108 Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia and Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia, The Art of Frida Kahlo , 1990, no. 33, p. 50, illustrated Miami, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Latin American Art from Miami Collections , 1994-95, n.n. Miami, Miami Art Museum, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation , 1998, no. 367