Frida in New York

Nickolas Muray

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Object Label

During Kahlo’s trip to New York in 1946, Nickolas Muray took a series of photographs of her and her sister Cristina on the rooftop of his apartment building at 18 East Forty-eighth Street. She wears a skirt and huipil similar to those on display nearby.


Durante el viaje de Kahlo a Nueva York en 1946, Nickolas Muray tomó una serie de fotografías de ella y su hermana Cristina en la azotea de su apartamento en la calle cuarenta y ocho, este de Manhattan, número 18. Viste una falda y un huipil parecidos a los que están en exhibición cerca de aquí.

Caption

Nickolas Muray American, born Hungary, 1892–1965. Frida in New York, 1946; printed 2006. Carbon pigment print, sheet: 22 1/16 × 18 in. (56 × 45.7 cm) image: 14 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (37.6 × 27.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2010.80. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2010.80_PS9.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Frida in New York

Date

1946; printed 2006

Medium

Carbon pigment print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

sheet: 22 1/16 × 18 in. (56 × 45.7 cm) image: 14 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (37.6 × 27.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed by the estate of the artist on verso.

Credit Line

Emily Winthrop Miles Fund

Accession Number

2010.80

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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