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Provenance

Galería Misrachi, Mexico City Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s New York, 9 May 1980, lot 39 (consigned by the above) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Whitechapel Gallery; Berlin, Haus am Waldsee; Hamburg, Kunstverein; Hannover, Kunstverein; Stockholm, Kulturhuset; New York City, New York University, Grey Art Gallery and Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti, 1982-83, n.p., illustrated in color New York, Baruch College Gallery, Women Artists of the Surrealist Movement, 1986-87, p. 179, illustrated in color New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Surrealism: Two Private Eyes , 1999, no. 107, p. 170, illustrated in color London, Tate Modern, Frida Kahlo , 2005, no. 25, p. 111, illustrated in color Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Frida Kahlo, 2007-08, no. 43, pp. 65, 113 and 182, illustrated in color

Literature

Bertram D. Wolfe, The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera , New York, 1963, fig. 157, n.p., illustrated Raquel Tibol, Frida Kahlo, Frankfurt, 1980, n.p., illustrated Lucy Lippard, “Biofeedback” , The East Village Voice , 22 March 1983, p. 104, illustrated Edward J. Sullivan, “Frida Kahlo in New York,” Arts Magazine, March 1983, p. 91, illustrated Hayden Herrera, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo , New York, 1983, pp. 281 and 321, illustrated in color Whitney Chadwick, Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement , Boston, 1985, no. 119, p. 136, illustrated Helga Prignitz-Poda, Salomon Grimberg and Andrea Kettenmann, Frida Kahlo , Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, 1988, no. 71, pp. 133 and 247, illustrated in color Louis Lo, Frida Kahlo: Portrait of an Artist , KQED-TV, 1989, 46:40-47:16, illustrated in color Sarah M. Lowe, Universe Series on Women Artists: Frida Kahlo, New York, 1991, pl. 27, illustrated in color Hayden Herrera, Frida Kahlo: The Paintings , New York, 1991, pp. 141-42, illustrated in color Carlos Monsiváis, Frida Kahlo: Una vida, Una Obra, Mexico City, 1992, p. 49, illustrated in color Andrea Kettenmann, Frida Kahlo , 1907-1954: Pain and Passion , Cologne, 1993, p. 83, illustrated in color Jean-Paul Clébert, Dictionnaire du surréalisme , Paris, 1996, p. 509, illustrated Salomon Grimberg, Frida Kahlo , Greenwich, 1997, p. 83, illustrated in color Jack Rummel, Frida Kahlo: A Spiritual Biography, New York, 2000, pp. 138-39, illustrated Luis-Martín Lozano, ed., Kahlo , Mexico City, 2000, pp. 168-69, illustrated in color and illustrated in color (on the cover) Teresa Del Conde, Frida Kahlo: La pintora y el mito , Barcelona, 2001, pl.XIII, illustrated Helga Prignitz-Poda, Frida Kahlo: The Painter And Her Work, New York, 2004, pp. 146-49, illustrated in color Gannit Ankori, Frida Kahlo’s Poetics of Identity and Fragmentation, Westport, 2002, no. 48, illustrated Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Frida Kahlo , 2006, fig. 1, p. 23, illustrated in color Claudia Bauer, Frida Kahlo, Munich, 2007, p. 100, illustrated in color Fomento Cultural Banamex, ed., Frida’s Frida, Mexico City, 2007, pp. 80-81, illustrated in color Martha Zamora, El pincel de la angustia , Mexico City, 2007, p. 314, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Frida Kahlo , 2014, p. 85, illustrated in color Luis-Martín Lozano, ed., The Complete Paintings of Frida Kahlo , Cologne, 2021, pp. 202-03 and 549-50, illustrated in color Museo Frida Kahlo, ed., Frida Kahlo: Her Universe , Mexico City, 2021, p. 89, illustrated in color

Catalog summary

Description Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) El sueño (La cama) signed Frida Kahlo and dated 1940 (lower right) oil on canvas 29 ⅛ by 38 ⅝ in.   74 by 98 cm. Executed in 1940. We wish to thank Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot. Saleroom notice Please note, this work has been requested for the following upcoming exhibitions: 'Frida y Diego: The Last Dream' to be held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 22 March — 7 September 2026, 'Frida: The Making of an Icon' to be held at the Tate Modern, London, 25 June 2026 — 3 January 2027, 'Frida Kahlo—The Painter' to be held at the Fondation Beyeler, Basel from 31 January — 17 May 2027, and ‘The Autonomous Gaze,’ to be held at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland and the BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels from December 2026 until July 2028. Provenance Galería Misrachi, Mexico City Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s New York, 9 May 1980, lot 39 (consigned by the above) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited London, Whitechapel Gallery; Berlin, Haus am Waldsee; Hamburg, Kunstverein; Hannover, Kunstverein; Stockholm, Kulturhuset; New York City, New York University, Grey Art Gallery and Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti, 1982-83, n.p., illustrated in color New York, Baruch College Gallery, Women Artists of the Surrealist Movement, 1986-87, p. 179, illustrated in color New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Surrealism: Two Private Eyes , 1999, no. 107, p. 170, illustrated in color London, Tate Modern, Frida Kahlo , 2005, no. 25, p. 111, illustrated in color Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Frida Kahlo, 2007-08, no. 43, pp. 65, 113 and 182, illustrated in color Literature Bertram D. Wolfe, The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera , New York, 1963, fig. 157, n.p., illustrated Raquel Tibol, Frida Kahlo, Frankfurt, 1980, n.p., illustrated Lucy Lippard, “Biofeedback” , The East Village Voice , 22 March 1983, p. 104, illustrated Edward J. Sullivan, “Frida Kahlo in New York,” Arts Magazine, March 1983, p. 91, illustrated Hayden Herrera, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo , New York, 1983, pp. 281 and 321, illustrated in color Whitney Chadwick, Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement , Boston, 1985, no. 119, p. 136, illustrated Helga Prignitz-Poda, Salomon Grimberg and Andrea Kettenmann, Frida Kahlo , Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, 1988, no. 71, pp. 133 and 247, illustrated in color Louis Lo, Frida Kahlo: Portrait of an Artist , KQED-TV, 1989, 46:40-47:16, illustrated in color Sarah M. Lowe, Universe Series on Women Artists: Frida Kahlo, New York, 1991, pl. 27, illustrated in color Hayden Herrera, Frida Kahlo: The Paintings , New York, 1991, pp. 141-42, illustrated in color Carlos Monsiváis, Frida Kahlo: Una vida, Una Obra, Mexico City, 1992, p. 49, illustrated in color Andrea Kettenmann, Frida Kahlo , 1907-1954: Pain and Passion , Cologne, 1993, p. 83, illustrated in color Jean-Paul Clébert, Dictionnaire du surréalisme , Paris, 1996, p. 509, illustrated Salomon Grimberg, Frida Kahlo , Greenwich, 1997, p. 83, illustrated in color Jack Rummel, Frida Kahlo: A Spiritual Biography, New York, 2000, pp. 138-39, illustrated Luis-Martín Lozano, ed., Kahlo , Mexico City, 2000, pp. 168-69, illustrated in color and illustrated in color (on the cover) Teresa Del Conde, Frida Kahlo: La pintora y el mito , Barcelona, 2001, pl.XIII, illustrated Helga Prignitz-Poda, Frida Kahlo: The Painter And Her Work, New York, 2004, pp. 146-49, illustrated in color Gannit Ankori, Frida Kahlo’s Poetics of Identity and Fragmentation, Westport, 2002, no. 48, illustrated Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Frida Kahlo , 2006, fig. 1, p. 23, illustrated in color Claudia Bauer, Frida Kahlo, Munich, 2007, p. 100, illustrated in color Fomento Cultural Banamex, ed., Frida’s Frida, Mexico City, 2007, pp. 80-81, illustrated in color Martha Zamora, El pincel de la angustia , Mexico City, 2007, p. 314, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Frida Kahlo , 2014, p. 85, illustrated in color Luis-Martín Lozano, ed., The Complete Paintings of Frida Kahlo , Cologne, 2021, pp. 202-03 and 549-50, illustrated in color Museo Frida Kahlo, ed., Frida Kahlo: Her Universe , Mexico City, 2021, p. 89, illustrated in color