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Property of an Esteemed Private Collector
FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)
Congreso de los pueblos por la paz
Details
FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)
Congreso de los pueblos por la paz
signed, dated and titled 'CONGRESO DE LOS PUEBLOS POR LA PAZ FRIDA KAHLO. OCT. 52' (lower edge)
oil and tempera on Masonite
7 3⁄8 x 9 ¾ in. (18.7 x 24.8 cm.)
Painted in October 1952
Congreso de los pueblos por la paz
signed, dated and titled 'CONGRESO DE LOS PUEBLOS POR LA PAZ FRIDA KAHLO. OCT. 52' (lower edge)
oil and tempera on Masonite
7 3⁄8 x 9 ¾ in. (18.7 x 24.8 cm.)
Painted in October 1952
Provenance
Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York.
Private collection (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 29 June 2020, lot 1006.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 29 June 2020, lot 1006.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Tibol, Frida Kahlo: Crónica, testimonios y aproximaciones, Mexico City, 1977, n.p., pl. 17 (illustrated).
R. Tibol, "Artistas por la paz" in Revista de la Universidad de México, no. 427, August 1986, p. 30 (illustrated).
M. Zamora, Frida: El pincel de la angustia, Mexico City, 1987 pp. 362 and 384 (illustrated).
H. Prignitz Poda, et al., Frida Kahlo, Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, 1988, pp. 170 and 262, no. 131 (illustrated; titled Internationaler Friedenskongreß).
L.-M. Lozano, et al., Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, 2000, pp. 230-231 (illustrated; titled Congreso de los pueblos).
S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes, New York, 2008, pp. 124-129 (illustrated).
J. O. Fernández Montes, "Voces y llamamientos de la cultura por la paz Génesis del pacifismo prosoviético de México en losalbores de la Guerra Fría" in Política y Cultura, no. 41, January 2014, p. 26.
H. Prignitz-Poda, Hidden Frida Kahlo: Lost, Destroyed or Little-Known Works, Munich, 2017, pp. 183-185 (illustrated).
L.-M. Lozano, Frida Kahlo, The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 2021, pp. 277, 320, 604-605 and 608, no. 139 (illustrated).
R. Tibol, "Artistas por la paz" in Revista de la Universidad de México, no. 427, August 1986, p. 30 (illustrated).
M. Zamora, Frida: El pincel de la angustia, Mexico City, 1987 pp. 362 and 384 (illustrated).
H. Prignitz Poda, et al., Frida Kahlo, Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt, 1988, pp. 170 and 262, no. 131 (illustrated; titled Internationaler Friedenskongreß).
L.-M. Lozano, et al., Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, 2000, pp. 230-231 (illustrated; titled Congreso de los pueblos).
S. Grimberg, Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes, New York, 2008, pp. 124-129 (illustrated).
J. O. Fernández Montes, "Voces y llamamientos de la cultura por la paz Génesis del pacifismo prosoviético de México en losalbores de la Guerra Fría" in Política y Cultura, no. 41, January 2014, p. 26.
H. Prignitz-Poda, Hidden Frida Kahlo: Lost, Destroyed or Little-Known Works, Munich, 2017, pp. 183-185 (illustrated).
L.-M. Lozano, Frida Kahlo, The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 2021, pp. 277, 320, 604-605 and 608, no. 139 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Galeria de Arte Contemporáneo, Primicias para un Homenaje a Frida Kahlo, 1953, n.p., no. 25.
Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación la Caixa and Barcelona, Centre Cultural de la Fundació la Caixa, Tarsila do Amaral, Frida Kahlo, Amelia Peláez, February-July 1997, p. 141, no. 48 (illustrated).
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Osaka, Suntory Museum; Nagoya City Art Museum and Kochi, The Museum of Art, Women Surrealists in Mexico, July 2003-February 2004, p. 98, no. 39 (illustrated; titled Congress of People for Peace).
Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación la Caixa and Barcelona, Centre Cultural de la Fundació la Caixa, Tarsila do Amaral, Frida Kahlo, Amelia Peláez, February-July 1997, p. 141, no. 48 (illustrated).
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Osaka, Suntory Museum; Nagoya City Art Museum and Kochi, The Museum of Art, Women Surrealists in Mexico, July 2003-February 2004, p. 98, no. 39 (illustrated; titled Congress of People for Peace).
Further Details
We are grateful to Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance cataloguing this work.
We are also grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
We are also grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale