46. Imogen Cunningham (1883 - 1976) frida kahlo rivera, painter and wife of diego rivera, 1931 Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s, titled and annotated by artist on verso and stamped.
paper size 25.4 x 20.2cm (10 x 8 in.) image size 22.8 x 17.7cm (9 x 7 in.). Framed.
literature
Cunningham, I. 1997, pl.57
provenance
Letter in back of frame details This print of Frida Kahlo Rivera, painter and wife of Diego Rivera, 1931 was printed in San Francisco in the 1960s signed by Ronald Partridge, Imogen Cunningham’s son, Trustee of the Imogen Cunningham Trust.
Acquired by the present owner from Atlas Gallery, London.
est. £8000 – £12000
This photograph was taken in San Francisco the year Imogen Cunningham had a one-person exhibition at the M. H. Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, the city in which she opened a professional portrait studio in the mid-thirties.