Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, 1941

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 28 x 27 cm. on paper 36 x 28 cm.

Creator: Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998), photographer

Description: Identification on verso (handwritten): #3 for Mildred Cousadine, 1984
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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

Forms part of: Emmy Lou Packard papers, 1900-1990

Citation: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, 1941 / Emmy Lou Packard, photographer. Emmy Lou Packard papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 5526

Subjects:

• Kahlo, Frida
• Painters
• Portraits
• Rivera, Diego

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