Frida Kahlo, Painter 3
Date1931
Maker
Imogen Cunningham
American, 1883-1976
Label TextCunningham was a Seattle photographer and a graduate of the University of Washington, where she majored in chemistry. She apprenticed in photography with Edward S. Curtis before establishing her own photography studio in 1910. Cunningham strove to make portraits that truly captured the character of her subjects, saying that "one must be able to gain an understanding at short notice and close range of the beauties of characters, intellect and spirit so as to be able to draw out the best qualities and make them show in the outer aspect of the sitter." This photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is one of many Cunningham made of her fellow artists throughout her life.
Object number89.28
Exhibition HistoryTacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, The Innovative Photography of Imogen Cunningham from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Dec. 15, 1995-Mar. 24, 1996
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, First Person Singular, May 31, 2001-Mar. 17, 2002Published ReferencesLusford, Celina, Marisa C. Sanchez, et al. "Imogen Cunningham." Madrid: TF Editores and Fundacion MAPFRE, 2012, cat. no. 136, pg. 183Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (31.8 x 23.8 cm)
MediumGelatin silver print
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