KAHLO FRIDA (1907-1954)
Lot 732
3 5004 500
P.S. “Frida Kahlo” partly autographed, Mexico 19
December 1941.
1 page in-4, form printed with “Foreign Service of
the United States of America” letterhead, “original”
stamp at the top of the form, ink stamp of the U.S.
Embassy in Mexico City and tax stamp at the bottom
of the page.
Written in English.
Declaration of shipment to the United States of one
of his works entitled “Still Life”, countersigned by
Marc L. Severe, Vice-Consul of the United States in
Mexico.
Frida Kahlo certifi es that she is the author of one oil
painting, “Still Life”, size 65 centimeters (diameter)
- that the said painting is an original - price $300 -
carried by Miss Paulette GODDARD by plane, post
of entry: Brownsville (Texas).
Then designated as a “Still Life “, this declaration
concerns her circular painting “The Basket of
Flowers” (Still Life with Hummingbird), which she
painted in 1941 for the American actress Paulette
GODDARD (1910-1990).
Frida Kahlo had just remarried Diego Rivera (after
their divorce in 1938). In 1941, she met Paulette,
Diego’s mistress for a time, and they became friends.
This painting symbolizes their relationship.
In offering the painting to Paulette, Frida explains
: “The hummingbird represents the free but fragile
Frida, the blue butterfl y is a refl ection of the beauty of
the actress and the bumblebee is Diego.”