| Self-Portrait with Monkey | |
|---|---|
| Spanish:Autorretrato con mono | |
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| Artist | Frida Kahlo |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Oil onmasonite |
| Dimensions | 40.6 cm × 30.5 cm (16.0 in × 12.0 in) |
| Location | Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
Self-Portrait with Monkey (Autorretrato con mono inSpanish) is anoil on masonite painting byMexican artistFrida Kahlo, commissioned in 1938 byA. Conger Goodyear, then president of theMuseum of Modern Art inNew York City. It is one of the many self-portraits painted by Kahlo for friends and patrons during her career.[1]
The commission came after Goodyear attended Kahlo's first solo exhibition in November 1938 at theJulien Levy Gallery in New York. There, Goodyear admired Kahlo's 1937 paintingFulang-Chang and I, which depicted Kahlo with her pet monkey, but Kahlo had already promised this painting to her friend Mary Schapiro Sklar.[2]
The original is housed at theAlbright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.[3] American singer-songwriterMadonna acquired this painting, and in 2001 she lent this piece at theTate Modern exhibitionSurrealism: Desire Unbound, which was the first British exhibition dedicated to Kahlo.[4][5]
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