Photographer:

Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998  Search this

Subject:

Kahlo, Frida  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Place:

Coyoacan, Mexico

Date:

1941

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 28 x 27 cm. (image), 36 x 28 cm. (sheet)

Summary:

Identification on verso (handwritten): #3 for Mildred Cousadine, 1984; c. all rights reserved; Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan (Frida's house), fall 1941.; Rollardcord camera, Panatonic film; This is an unposed photograph. Several times during the long mid-day meal, Frida, because her spine hurt, would get up and walk a little. Often she stopped to embrace Diego's head, which pleased him. I just said (because I had my camera shooting everything that day), "Please just stay exactly like you are for a minute so I can photograph you". They did.; Emmy Lou Packard, 1984<br> Date based on date of image, not print.

Citation:

Emmy Lou Packard. Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan, 1941. Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Muralists  Search this

Painters  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)5526

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Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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