Item Information
Title: Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan
Date: 1941
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 28 x 27 cm. (image), 36 x 28 cm. (sheet)
Description: 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
Date based on date of image, not print.
Creator: Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998, photographer
Forms part of: Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990
Rights Statement: U.S. public domain
Citation Information: Emmy Lou Packard. Frida and Diego at lunch in Coyoacan, 1941. Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 5526