The painting, Diego and I, just 30 by 22.4 centimeters, symbolizes the stormy relationship between Kahlo and Rivera, who were married for almost 25 years in a passionate and turbulent marriage alike. The image of the muralist has a third eye on the forehead to symbolize the degree that it occupied in the consciousness of the painter, Sotheby’s explained in a statement. It is one of two paintings in which Kahlo explored the theme of the double portrait, but according to the auctioneer this is the most vulnerable and moving.
Diego and I, 1949 Frida Kahlo
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