Smithsonian Archives of American Art

 
Dale, Chester (b. 1883 d. 1962)
Chester Dale papers, 1897-1971 (bulk 1950-1968)

Among the papers are photographs from his trip to Mexico where he met Frida Kahlo and Rivera in the 1940s. Also found in Dale's papers is a photograph taken in the studio of sculptor Ralph Stackpole (1885-1973), who Rivera had known in Paris. Stackpole, along with, William Gerstle, president of the San Francisco Art Commission, helped Rivera secure mural commissions in San Francisco in 1930. A warm, almost father-daughter relationship developed between Kahlo and the prominent American collector and art patron Chester Dale (1883-1962). Kahlo sold at least one of her paintings to Dale and he may have paid for at least one of her many operations.

Microfilm reel(s): 927 and 3968-3974